…with gene therapy. At some point, some of these things are going to help humans. Faster, please.
[Monday-morning update]
More from Brian Wang on not just life extension, but age-reversal. Human trials to start in maybe a couple years. But as previously noted, starting with dogs is a useful way to get around the FDA.
[Bumped]
I love the creativity of Rejuvenate Bio. Getting SOCOM to fund their research is a great use of DoD dollars. https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/1470395
“I love the creativity of Rejuvenate Bio. Getting SOCOM to fund their research is a great use of DoD dollars.”
Depends…are they trying to merely increase canine longevity and or rejuvenate old dogs, or are they instead more trying to create some kind of souped-up physically enhanced hyper aggressive killer dogs? If it is the former then okay but the later would be a mixed blessing to say the least; especially if they engineered them to be smarter as well. They somehow escape into the wild and interbreed with wild dogs (and wolves)…just saying.
“Take your stinking paws off me you damn dirty dog!”
What I see is a start-up that needed to translate their technology from a small rodent model to a large animal model. Using their technology to extend the life of a military or civilian law enforcement dog seems a pretty good way to get the government to pay for your translational model. Lot of time and money goes into training these dogs so even a year or two increase in working life would be great.
Not to mention that if they’re successful, extending the life of beloved pets is a HUGE business model. They would be able to fund their Human targeted development work from pocket change (maybe I’m exaggerating just a tad).