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Rodents are useful for studying aging and longevity, but they’re often housed under artificial conditions that differ greatly from the actual challenges faced by people as they age. Now, the National Institute on Aging has awarded Derek M. Huffman, Ph.D., a five-year, $1.7 million grant to develop a quick and simple battery of tests to measure rodents’ response to age-related conditions such as elective surgery, radiation exposure and infections. For researchers who use rodents to study aging, Dr. Huffman’s work should help them better gauge whether their findings accurately reflect healthy aging in humans. Dr. Huffman is an assistant professor of medicine and molecular pharmacology, and is co-director of the Chronobiosis and Energetics/Metabolism of Aging Core (CEAC) at Einstein. (1R01AG057429-01)
Posted on: Monday, November 13, 2017