Castration extends life span in mice

Don't we do this experiment to nearly all pets? Why not collect longevity data from veterinarians?

Well, this is not the news I was hoping for :)

'Tis better to have loved and lost...

This research is flawed and should be ignored.

I was almost expecting Castration to be a model name from some new lab..

Castrati 1.0

Nobody tell the World Economic Forum last they get any ideas. "You'll have no balls and you'll be happy."

Does Bryan Johnson know?

Huh. Harmful effects of testosterone? I don't even know what testicles do other than make sperm.

In human men too[1][2]!

Would you chop them for extra years though?

1. https://ami.group.uq.edu.au/castrated-men-live-longer

2. What a great reversal of the usual 'in mice' trope.

Makes sense. Instead of wasting resources trying to procreate, spend them in self-repair.

I do wander if they had to pad the cages to prevent them from committing suicide thou.