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🗓️ 14 October 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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0:00.0 | Blaze Radio Network. |
0:03.0 | And now, chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. |
0:06.0 | A prominent Japanese scientist with apparently nothing else to do |
0:12.0 | has been developing and testing a groundbreaking treatment aimed at extending the lives of cats. |
0:19.0 | Do we not have better things for our scientists to be doing that worried about extending |
0:25.8 | the lives of cats? Apparently not. So those are suffering from chronic kidney |
0:30.9 | disease, CKD. |
0:33.0 | It's one of the most common causes of death |
0:34.9 | and older cats, oh no, |
0:37.0 | which leads to a progressive kidney failure. |
0:40.6 | Dr. Yeah, with nothing better to do. He believes that the treatment combines |
0:54.8 | a gene editing techniques where specific genes |
0:57.3 | promote the production of healthy renal cells |
0:59.4 | and enhance the kidney's ability |
1:01.0 | to filter toxins with regenerative medicine such as |
1:04.1 | bioactive compounds designed to reduce inflammation and fibrosis to key factors |
1:10.9 | that accelerate kidney failure. |
1:12.6 | Early trials have shown positive results with some cats experiencing improved kidney function |
1:18.6 | and an extended lifespan. In some cases, the treatment has increased a cat's life expectancy well beyond the typical 15 to 20 years, potentially reaching up to 30 years. |
1:31.0 | Well, if this experimental trials that Dr. Toru... |
1:37.0 | Miasaki is doing is going to end up helping humans, then I guess I'm all for it. But if it's just for cats, please stop it. |
1:47.0 | Welcome! Welcome to chewing the fat. So what else has scientists been working on? |
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