* That discovery helped fuel new cancer treatments including immunotherapy for metastatic melanoma that has been shown to extend patients» longevity by as much as a decade (median life expectancy for metastatic melanoma is under one year). (scientificamerican.com)
What eludes me in this discussion though, is why everyone is getting so excited about this 25 % increase in median life expectancy of mice, when one quick look through Wikipedia would show, that apparently there is a guy called Jake Perry, who managed to successfully keep a cat alive for 38 years, which is TRIPLE the average lifespan of a cat. (fightaging.org)
Like many genetic diseases, a host of different mutations can trigger the condition, and median life expectancy for patients hovers in the late 30s. (sciencemag.org)