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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.

This pill is designed to “improve metabolic fitness” in a way that Loyal expects will increase the number of healthy years a dog gets to enjoy. Looking ahead: Loyal plans to enroll 1,000 senior dogs in the STAY study, and the first of those pups — an 11-year-old whippet named “Boo” — has already been dosed at the Animal Hospital of Dauphin County in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The study could also help people — dogs are one of the best models of human aging, so Loyal’s research has the potential to lay the foundation for anti-aging treatments for us, too.

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