By Matthew Winter, Cindy Cochran, and Venice Gordon

A small Polynesian island in the Pacific OceanHouses the famous statues, MoaiThey have a small populationHas a very isolated environment

Rapamycin is a drug used to help immune system

The drug may have connection to helping with Alzheimer's

The drug is an isolated substance on Easter Island

The drug reduced legions in the brain of miceThose same legions are found in dead

Alzheimer's patientsThe drug is certified and a clinical trial is

almost underwayLast year, some institutions announced the

drug extended the lives of mice

The test subject mice, started at six months old

They already exhibited familiar Alzheimer symptoms

The drug is also being tested in cancer research labs

They don’t know if the results translate to humans

Easter Island was discovered on EasterOnly one airline flight to Easter IslandTheir language had yet to be deciphered