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have extended lifespan by two or three years, which is 20% of a dog’s life expectancy. So we’ve set the study up to see, hopefully, in a four-year period, at least a one-year difference ...

But the company for now is claiming the drug can extend a life span by at least one year. "Aging is just biology like anything else, and it causes most of the diseases that adult dogs get ...

LordHenriVoton via Getty Images For most dog owners, the idea of extending their beloved companion’s life is tantalizing. A dog’s lifespan—about 10 to 13 years—is only a small portion of ...

Anti-aging drugs are being trialed in companion dogs—but the ... animals for another two years. They aim to find out whether the drug can extend the animals’ life span, but they will also ...

AVMA’s calculations are based on dogs between 21-50 lbs. So medium dogs, with a life expectancy of 10-12 years, will live to be the human equivalent of approximately 60 to 69 years old.

says after four years of testing, it has a longevity drug for dogs that has passed the first step of US Food and Drug Administration approval. The drug, named LOY-001, is meant for dogs over 7 ...

Loyal is a biotech company that is developing an experimental drug that will improve and extend ... dogs is tremendously limited. Giant breed dogs such as Saint Bernard’s, Great Danes, and Mastiffs ...

Although the sample size was small, 27 percent ... healthy years to a dog’s life, rather than just drawing out their decline, experts said. “If it proves true that it extends life span ...

AVMA’s calculations are based on dogs between 21-50 lbs. So medium dogs, with a life expectancy of 10-12 years, will live to be the human equivalent of approximately 60 to 69 years old.