From The Next Web · Darius Popa · · 1m
Pet owners can now clone, freeze or drug their aging animals
Biotech startups offer longevity pills, genetic cloning and cryonic freezing to help pets live longer or cheat death entirely.
In brief
Biotech startups offer longevity pills, genetic cloning and cryonic freezing to help pets live longer or cheat death entirely. Pet biotech startups are offering longevity drugs, cloning and cryonics to help owners extend or preserve their animals' lives, though experts question the wisdom of some approaches…
Longevity pills for aging dogs
US startup Loyal is testing LOY-002, a daily pill for senior dogs in about one thousand three hundred pet dogs across the US.Regulators accepted safety data in January.
Cloning pets for fifty thousand dollars
Texas-based Viagen Pets charges fifty thousand dollars to clone a cat or dog.The result is a genetic twin, not a copy with the same personality.
“who are we to judge?”
Freezing dead pets for future revival
Alcor in Arizona stores hundreds of pets and people in cryonic suspension, recently freezing its first pet sugar glider.Experts say revival is highly unlikely.
The short version
Pet biotech startups are offering longevity drugs, cloning and cryonics to help owners extend or preserve their animals' lives, though experts question the wisdom of some approaches.
