Injections of ‘MOTS-c’ Can Make You Live Longer. If You Are a Mouse (opens in new tab)

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette. While I am not religious, I do enjoy Jewish traditions such as reciting the blessing “motzi lechem min Haaretz” before slicing into a challah on a Friday night. I usually don’t have any specific thoughts in mind while doing this, but I suspect that will not be the case next time. I doubt that I will be able to avoid thinking about “MOTS-c” (pronounced “motzi”), a peptide discovered and named by University of Southern California geronto...