Past posts <Link> provided information about the objectives of the Dog Aging Project. MIT’s Jessica Hamzelou shares how anti-aging drugs are being trialed in companion dogs. The objective is to find ways to have people, as well as their pets, live longer, healthier lives.
Researchers hope that any successful attempts at life extension in pet dogs will make human life extension more palatable.”
Source: MIT Technology Review, August 15, 2022. Link. (9-minute read) All participants provide their pet dog’s medical history and complete detailed surveys on an annual basis.
“We expect to learn which types of diets, which types of exercise regimes, and which types of husbandry are associated with better long-term outcomes,” says Kate E. Creevy DVM, MS, DACVIM (SAIM), “so that we can do things that help them have a better quality of life into their later years.”