October 24, 2003
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Worms live longer and have fun
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Want to live to be 500? You don't even have to get decrepit -- but you do have to tolerate a little genetic tinkering and, oh yes, the removal of your reproductive organs.
Researchers said their tiny roundworms lived for three months or longer, as compared to 18 or 20 days for a normal worm.
"In human terms, these animals would correspond to healthy, active 500-year-olds."
Comments (3)
its been well known for years that sex is a problem..
hehe
Don't TOUCH my uterus.
Carrie El
So, all I have to do is forego offspring and wiggle around on the sidewalk after a spring rain?
Where do I sign up?
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