Why Billionaires Are Giving This Drug To Their Pets💉🐶

Name: Why Billionaires Are Giving This Drug To Their Pets💉🐶
Uploaded: 2023-01-03T03:50:33+00:00
Duration: 24 s
Channel: Sam Parr
Description: In this brief monologue, the speaker explains that rapamycin, a drug already shown to extend lifespan in various animal species, is now being tested in…

3 Jan 2023 · 0 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker explains that rapamycin, a drug already shown to extend lifespan in various animal species, is now being tested in dogs. The speaker, along with billionaire investors such as Jack Dorsey and Brian from Coinbase, has funded research at the University of Washington to evaluate rapamycin’s effects on canine longevity, with the longer‑term goal of moving to human trials. The speaker emphasizes a personal motivation: even if the drug only benefits dogs, extending a pet’s life by several years would be a major win.

a drug called rapamycin, where it's been proven now to extend life in various animals and now apply to dogs. Myself and Jack Dorsey and Brian from Coinbase and a few others all have been putting money into funding studies out of the University of Washington to really prove this out in dogs and canines and then eventually move it into human trials. I think even if it just worked for dogs would be fantastic. Forget humans. I could have my dog live for an additional 5 years. Like, what a win.