Long live your dog

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🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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A drug that aims to increase life expectancy for dogs is getting closer to market. But pet ethicists aren’t sure it’s great news for man’s best friend. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The dog arm of a San Francisco-based biotech firm called Cellular
0:08.2	longevity says it's developed a new medication that'll help large breed dogs live longer.
0:14.1	Loyal, that's the name of the dog arm,
0:16.4	partnered with the pharma company
0:17.6	Crynetics to develop the medication,
0:20.2	which should be on the market very soon.
0:22.4	If your first reaction is, that's fantastic,
0:25.0	followed by, sorry, dog arm, crinetics,
0:28.0	you're in good company.
0:30.0	Scientists may be googly-eyed over this new medication,
0:32.0	but animal ethicists are on edge.
0:35.6	Well, I'm not saying I necessarily think it's wrong.
0:39.6	I mean, you asked me if I would do it.
0:41.6	Yes, you're right. You're an ethic ethicist and it's good for you to draw that distinction.
0:46.0	Yeah.
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