Laboratorium presenterar medicin som lovar att förlänga livet för stora hundar

laboratorium presenterar medicin som lovar att förlänga livet för stora hundar

Laboratorium presenterar medicin som lovar att förlänga livet för stora hundar (Foto: John Price/Unsplash)

Ett läkemedel som är avsett att förlänga livet för stora hundar kan vara på marknaden inom de kommande åren, enligt Loyal, ett bioteknikföretag baserat i San Francisco som utvecklar behandlingar för hundars livslängd.

USA:s livsmedels- och läkemedelsförvaltnings (FDA) veterinärmedicinska centrum har funnit en rimlig förväntan om effektivitet för läkemedlet med kodnamnet LOY-001, vilket är ett stort steg mot dess fullständiga godkännande, enligt ett pressmeddelande från Loyal på tisdagen.

Om något av läkemedlen visar sig vara effektivt hos hundar kan det också testas på människor, vilket är det slutliga målet för Celine Halioua, grundare av Loyal. Hundar fungerar som en utmärkt modell för att studera mänsklig åldrande och eventuella läkemedel som kan sakta ner eller vända processen.

Utvecklingen är “den första för något livslängdsmedicin och är ett stort steg för att accelerera vägen för hundar och i slutändan för människor”, sa Vinod Khosla, grundare av Khosla Ventures, en investerare i Loyal.

Designat för att minska nivåerna av ett tillväxthormon som kan förkorta livet för stora och gigantiska hundraser, skulle läkemedlet administreras av en veterinär var tredje till sex månader och förväntas vara tillgängligt år 2026, beroende på FDA:s godkännande.

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