Follow the money. It tells all you need to connect the dots…
Not sure what you’re suggesting here? The Dog Aging project is an academic effort to understand aging in dogs.
it has a small cohort (I think its around 400 dogs in the rapamycin lifespan test group, out of a total of 10,000+ dogs in the trial).
David Barzelai is a doctor who is enthusiastic about rapamycin as a potential longevity drug.
Funding is being shut off for the Dog Aging Project, and they need additional money to keep going.
I support this effort. Do you not support it for some reason?
Source: https://x.com/mkaeberlein/status/1738603823231606811?s=20
I support the Dog project. I signed the petition and reposted it on Twitter. My dog is on rapamycin and I really would like to know if rapamycin extends dogs’ lives. If the project is terminated we’ll never know.
The reason for defunding is obvious.
And those reasons for defending are?
(It’s not so obvious what you are implying.)
I have heard from different researchers, that they do not like the data being measured in this study. Some people feel the data received will not be valuable as it is too vague.
I believe that NIA funding comes from general government funding (general fund, from taxes from all sources).
I think you’re talking about fees to the FDA paid by pharmaceutical companies. The FDA is under the PHS (Public Health System) under the DHHS (Department of Health and Human Services). Source: Food and Drug Administration - Medical Technology Assessment Directory - NCBI Bookshelf.
So - the FDA is entirely separate branch of government, with no funding interrelationships with the NIH/NIA (National Institutes of Health / National Institutes on Aging).
So - the thousands of people, and billions of dollars, are in entirely different groups. so I can’t see how one would affect the other…
and, for those who want to support the dog aging project:
(1) Please consider signing the petition to the NIH Director here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/support-the-continuation-of-the-dog-aging-project…
(2) Please consider sending an email to your elected representatives here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/support-the-continuation-of-the-dog-aging-project/…
Here are some search filters that I have created in different social media platforms so that we easy can give a thumbs up on the posts so that they are visible for more people. The algoritms likes likes and comments.
X (twitter) search filter
https://twitter.com/search?q=(dog%20aging%20theactionnet)%20OR%20(dog%20aging%20NIHDirector)%20OR%20("dog%20aging%20project"%20support)&src=typed_query&f=live
LinkedIn search filter
Facebook search filter (not the best tuned in)
https://www.facebook.com/search/posts?q="dog%20aging%20project"%20"support"&filters=eyJyZWNlbnRfcG9zdHM6MCI6IntcIm5hbWVcIjpcInJlY2VudF9wb3N0c1wiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwiXCJ9In0%3D
Signed the petition today, hope everyone on this forum does the same
Does anyone know how far the rapamycin arm of the DAP got before funding ran out? Were they able to get any useful data?
Ok, don’t want to get in trouble for something commercial but:
You can buy t shirts or sweatshirts to help out:
Worthy of support, thank you for the link! Merch only available until 10/29, everyone, so hurry up!
Thank you for the link. Placed my order in support!
Shirt sales start again tomorrow May 1st.
I’ll be getting one fosho!
How saddening that these guys doing amazing research are forced to sell T-shirts and merch to fund their studies. Same for the ITP too. What a messed up system. Those are literally the type of study that NIH/NIA should be running, since they require long-term support and don’t have super obvious profit motives.
The cost of running this study can’t be that high. Surely someone like Elon or Bryan Johnson or even someone like Peter Attia can throw a few million at this to keep it going.
I wanted to buy the t-shirt today, but that link gets me “sorry, not found”. I looked around the website, but don’t see any merch for sale, unless I missed it somehow. Is this thing live, or not yet?
I this not accurate:
Dog Aging Project Receives $7 Million NIH Grant To Expand Clinical Trial Of Anti-Aging Drug
The study seeks to determine whether rapamycin increases the lifespan of dogs, with the hope that it may also help extend human lives.
Jan 6, 2025By Courtney Price, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Or was that much less than they had before?
With projects of NIH losing funding I hope Dog Aging Project - DAP is doing okay… Haven’t heard anything from Matt Kaeberlein.
Link: How cuts at the National Institutes of Health could impact Americans' health - CBS News
My museum had a different government grant this year and I received notice that our contract ended April 8. Fortunately, the year long project was completed early on April 4 before the contract ended. That is how it is done - contract is terminated - nothing paid after that date. Just stating how it went down - not being political.
Update this afternoon. We did get our full funds reimbursed $135,000. Whew!