A dozen mice keeping pace on a half-pint treadmill could be a key to prolonging the lives of cancer patients and others with chronic diseases.
This is the scene in Dr. Traci Parry’s exercise oncology research lab, one of just a handful at the forefront of exploring how exercise can increase survival rates and longevity in cancer patients.
“We’re interested in exercise as therapy for cancer cachexia, but we’re also interested in exercise as a potential adjuvant therapy, alongside traditional types of treatment,” says Parry, who is an exercise physiologist by training.