Greek researchers from the University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, tried to figure out why people on the Greek island of Ikaria live a lot longer than we do.

希腊雅典的雅典医学院研究人员一直试图弄清楚——为什么希腊伊卡里亚岛居民的寿命比正常人长很多。

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Ikaria Holdings, a company he cofounded that year, has already begun human safety trials using very low doses.

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The most comprehensive work on Ikaria has been done by the University of Athens, whose researchers studied islanders aged over 65.

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The Pentagon is funding both Roth and Ikaria in hopes of devising a drug that would keep hemorrhaging soldiers alive long enough to be flown to a hospital.

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