Re: [GRG] [DIYbio] DIY longevity biology

[Eugen Leitl]

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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:27:21 -0700
From: Florin Clapa <flori...@gmail.com>
To: Gerontology Research Group <g...@lists.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: [GRG] [DIYbio] DIY longevity biology
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On 10/15/2013 1:42 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> DIY activists cannot afford having many animals so you should cooperate:
> fund labs to conduct lifespan tests for you, create joint vivariums or
> distribute your tests among many people (but be aware that distributed
> lifespan tests might not be well trusted and therefore be hard to publish).
> You have to make sure that treated and control mice are treated
> identically, so double-blinded tests are highly desirable.
>
> (source H+Magazine,
> http://hplusmagazine.com/2013/10/14/i-am-a-little-mouse-and-i-want-to-live-longer-support-crowdfunded-longevity-research/
> )

Instead of carrying out research in a lab or among a group of amateur
DIYers (who could easily mess up life span experiments), why not
borrow a page from distributed computing (e.g., SETI@home,
Folding@home) and distribute mice from a central lab to anyone that's
willing to follow a standard mouse maintenance protocol? Perhaps the
mice would also be remotely monitored to ensure compliance and record
results. A single lab might be able to run tens, hundreds, or even
thousands of experiments on different substances at the same time. I'm
not sure how practical this distributed mouse experiment idea is, but
it's at least worth mentioning.

Florin Clapa
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