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title: ""Kaeberlein is hoping to treat 500 dogs over a 5-year period with…"
date: 2019-09-01
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# "Kaeberlein is hoping to treat 500 dogs over a 5-year period with…

*September 1, 2019 · Facebook*

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[https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08387-y](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08387-y){target="_blank"}
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\"Kaeberlein is hoping to treat 500 dogs over a 5-year period with rapamycin, a drug that has been shown to lengthen life in mice by 30--40%. Because of the rate at which dogs age --- their average lifespan is around 11 years --- 5 years should be long enough to show whether rapamycin can extend the life of a middle-aged dog significantly, and to hint at whether the same might be possible for humans. The trial would be run in parallel with a larger longitudinal study looking at the genetic and environmental factors that are linked to longer life and better health in 10,000 dogs across the United States. Kaeberlein likens that study to the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, a project that has followed more than 3,000 human volunteers since 1958. "Except that in a dog, you can follow them from birth to death in a decade."\
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[https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08387-y](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08387-y){target="_blank"}
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