Anti-aging pill for senior dogs is now in clinical trials
An anti-aging pill for senior dogs now in clinical trials might lead to treatments that extend human lives, too.
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My dog is such a dumbass he would spit out the immortality pill even if I cover it with peanut butter
I have 2 dogs, 1 that does this and 1 that eats everything including cat shit from the litter box. That dumbass will live forever if I give him this pill, because he’d eat his sister’s too.
Oh don't get me wrong, mine will eat basically anything. The only thing that he will fuss about is pills. He'll eat random nuts, berries, and discarded food on the ground when I take him for a walk, but God forbid I try to give him his flea&tick for the month
Have you tried something like a Pill Pocket?
My goldie-mutt would spit out every pill I ever gave her no matter how much cheese or peanut butter it was buried in, but since we started using these she gobbles them up instantly. The ding dong thinks she's getting a treat everyday but joke's on her, it's her medicine.
Or have you guys tried giving the pill alone? My cat has multiple pills every day, I always saw my dad give my dogs pills growing up, you put it on the back of their tongue and they can’t help but swallow it. A little neck massage and some coaxing with gentle head pets and holding their head back has always worked for me. My cat doesn’t even get up when she’s lying down and hears me open the pills. She perks her head up, almost like she looks forward to it. She’s a weirdo.
The article doesn't say how this works at all.
It sounds awesome, but I'd like to know more about it before I gave my dog a magic chewable.
LOX-002 inhibits insulin like growth factor 2 which is thought to reduce useful lifespans of dogs through some metabolic mechanism
wait. metformin does the same thing.
Coulda used that sometime before last week :/
If it's any condolences, it's probably still a few years away from public access.
I'm sorry mate that you lost your doggo. Take care
Leftists: Only the rich will get the longevity drugs!
Reality: Let's give it to the dogs...
edit: And they fucking deserve it, after what we did to them by years of selective breeding!
Damn maybe that one crackhead that kidnapped a scientist to make a dog live forever was onto something.
Is there any research going on for anti-aging in cats yet?
There is a vaccine that is supposed to prevent kidney failure in cats, causing their life expectancy to double
Awesome
Ok, but now people.
Doesn't that guarantee you'll die of cancer instead? Or gruesome accidents. Or both.
I was trying to figure out why the one dog in this picture looked so weird
Turns out it's two dogs
What about for Senior Frogs????
I wanna be young at senior frogs!
What about Senior Hogs???????
I believe pharmaceutical companies already sell drugs to temporarily give extra life to senior hogs.
Why, though? Greedy breeders already "produce" more dogs than there are loving families for and as a result dog shelters are constantly full with sad dogs who don´t have a home. This drug will result in shelters getting even more overcrowded. Death is a natural part of life, just as birth, I wish more people would get that.
Why, though?
I'm pretty cynical, but this is a new level.
Greedy breeders already "produce" more dogs than there are loving families for and as a result dog shelters are constantly full with sad dogs who don´t have a home. This drug will result in shelters getting even more overcrowded.
My dog lives longer and shelters get more crowded? That's a complete non-sequitor. Much like my choice of lunch doesn't impact your lunch situation.
Perhaps my reading comprehension is poor, but the article seems to indicate that the pill will give a dog more "active years" and not necessarily more years. I guess we'll find out in four years when it's done.
I’m pretty cynical, but this is a new level.
Accepting death as a part of life is in no way cynical, it´s logical.
My dog lives longer and shelters get more crowded?
Don´t think only of yourself, try to see the bigger picture. Not just your dog will live longer, a lot of dogs will with that drug, resulting in less adoptions. Since commercial breeders are not going to "produce" less dogs just because of the new drug, the result of dogs living longer will be a higher population of dogs. Now considering the number of people who want to adopt a dog will decrease while the number of dogs available will increase, this will necessarily result in more dogs who don´t find/have a home. It´s really quite obvious if you think about it.
the article seems to indicate that the pill will give a dog more “active years” and not necessarily more years
The article indicates both as far as I comprehend it:
"Biotech company Loyal is developing an injectable drug, LOY-001, designed to help large breed dogs not only live longer, but stay healthy longer"
Yeah, what we need is something that makes dogs have shorter lives, like up to a year at most. Wait what?
This might eventually help us understand how to extend human lives.
But why would we want that? In my opinion that would be a mistake. The planet is already severely overpopulated and as I said, death is a natural part of life, just like birth.
I want my senior, rescue dog to live longer, as long as he's healthy and happy.
That is of course very sweet of you and I understand it on a personal level. You love your dog and would do anything for him and so you even wish he could live infinitely if that was possible. However, maybe you could also try to understand my reasoning as well? I was talking about human/canine society as a whole and if all humans and/or dogs would get to live, let´s say, twice as long or even become immortal, that would lead to severe problems regarding overpopulation, don´t you agree?