The Methuselah Mouse Prize is a contest started in Sept. 2003 designed to accelerate research into effective humanlife extension interventions by awarding prizes to researchers who extend the lifespan of a mouse to unprecedented lengths. The prize is modelled after the highly successful Ansari X Prize, which accelerated efforts to launch a reusable manned spacecraft into space.
The prize is actually two prizes, the second focusing on rejuvenation therapy begun at older age. CambridgeBiogerontologistAubrey de Grey is a co-founder and chief scientist for the project. The prize is administrated by the Methuselah Foundation.
The MethuselahMouse Prize or Mprize is a growing $3.5 million prize started in 2003 to accelerate research into slowing and eventually reversing cellular aging and breakdown in humans.
The prize is named after Methuselah, a patriarch in the Bible said to have reached 969 years of age.
For comparison: the mouse strain most often used for studies of lifespan, called "C57Bl/6", has a normal life-span of about 3 years, while mice whose grandparents have been caught in the wild are unharmed by inbreeding and live nearly 4 years on average.
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