dog aging project

  In much the same way that other projects are aiming to extend healthy human lifespan that intends to do the same targeting the aging processes directly to pets given the rate of progress in biotech developing unique small molecules over the years. A research scientist at the pathology of veterinarian for molecular medicine and mechanisms of disease believes that extending the pets’ healthy lifespan will have benefits in both owner and pet’s lives which is perfectly understandable. Based on power calculations it is anticipate that it will take about years of treatment and the beginning in a middle-aged of appropriate size to detect significant extension of lifespan. It is plan to enroll dogs the total timeframe from start to finish as other changes such as improvements in heart function can be detected much more rapidly. There are optimistic that in the future the interventions that have been shown to slow down dog years could do in the furry companions. Those same power calculations

  The dog aging project is a nationally-supported aging study project to thoroughly understand how genes, lifestyle, diet, and environment influence aging in animals, specifically dogs, but for humans as well. The dog aging project aims to put in place the groundwork and the foundation for a scientific community approach to innovative aging research in dogs. With so many variables underlying aging in dogs, and humans, the dog aging project explores the biology of aging in mammals like mice and dogs including invertebrates like flies and nematodes. The dog aging project aims to specifically figure out how the interaction of different genes and environments affects the aging of animals outside of lab conditions. It tries to collect and generate in-depth knowledge of the dynamics of aging that could also be easily translated into the study of human aging. The dog aging project studies companion dogs which are considered by researchers as the ideal animal to study biological aging