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by liuyipei 1255 days ago
The results appear promising, but to validate its value they will want to get it to work on other related mammals. From a commercial and ethical perspective, I suspect that there will be customers who would want to their aging pet's life with 50% probability, even if it carries a 50% chance of immediate death.
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> The Dog Aging Project will follow tens of thousands of companion dogs for<br> ten years in order to identify the biological and environmental factors that<br> maximize healthy longevity.

https://dogagingproject.org/

Certainly they will but it makes sense to try it on mice first so they did and this is the result.