From watching the sens3 conferences, I've come the the conclusion that it's GREAT to be a mouse. The number of diseases cured in mice, and the great brain surgery, and the great nanotech hemostat, and all kinds of really amazing technolgoy to make healthy long living powerful mice.
This leads me to 2 conclusions. 1. It should be pretty easy to win the mprize as it currently stands by finding 2 strategies which don't overly rely on the same factors, combine them, and you'll have the oldest mice yet. Perhaps calorie restrcition plus growth hormone gene knockout (yeah, i picked 2 that work simlar functions...the panel to choose from in my mind is quite small right now.)
If it's true that it would be pretty easy to wint he mprize as it currently stands, then I assume the reason more people aren't trying is because it's not a good profit for them? The cost of making such mice exceded the ammt of prize they'd receive?
How much did it cost the last mprize winner to win, and how much was his profit?
Until I understand the economics of the research and implementation vs the profit of the prize it's hard for me to bring on science teams and investors...
P.S. was there a better forum to post this in?