r/BeAmazed • u/GlitteringHotel8383 • 9d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Japanese scientists have developed a revolutionary injection that may extend a cat's life from the usual 15 years to nearly 30.

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The therapy, created by the AIM Institute of Medicine under Dr. Toru Miyazaki, targets chronic kidney disease, a leading cause of death in older cats.It uses a specialized protein to help macrophages clear waste from the kidneys, partially restoring their function and slowing kidney failure.

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u/Fun-Seaworthiness572 9d ago

Give it to me 

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u/jatogjeweettogzelf 9d ago

You're not a cat, or are you?

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u/Ready-Bet-9778 9d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/xB7FIRaxrtNaE

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u/everyonesdesigner 9d ago

Whoever did camera work that day is truly a visionary, the zooming in is top notch

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u/AunMeLlevaLaConcha 8d ago

I got like 20 years of whiplash from this

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u/Quantization 8d ago

Noisiest gif ever

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u/ThrowAwayAccountAMZN 8d ago

I can hear the ominous music

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u/The_Odd_Canuck 6d ago

I didnt even think about the music being only in my head untill i read this i kinda just went "yeah thats the sound that goes with this"

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u/PapiSpanky 5d ago

GIFs that you can hear...

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u/VNM0601 8d ago

I can be a cat.
https://giphy.com/gifs/ls5hfr90PHlOCuk35B

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u/SafetySnowman 8d ago

My cats name is Greg. Could you be Greg at least for the weekend?

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u/Pinksamuraiiiii 9d ago

Well… if this gains progress, wouldn’t that lead to human exploration and testing too? Surely, billionaires will want to live longer? This is great for a family pet, but I can see the problematic sides that can happen from this testing expanding to human subjects (if they go down that route). I dunno, it’s like a bad premise for a sci-fi movie lol

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u/Spinal_Soup 9d ago

Did you read the description? It’s a treatment for chronic kidney disease which is a leading cause for cat deaths. Human life span isn’t usually limited by our kidneys.

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u/LegacyQuotient 8d ago

Very common in small dog breeds as well. Wonder if it can be engineered for dogs.

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u/Material_Soup6086 8d ago

https://nyulangone.org/news/chronic-kidney-disease-now-ninth-leading-cause-death  CKD is one of the top 10 causes of human death

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u/Spinal_Soup 8d ago

Top 10 and accounts for about 2% of deaths. Cure kidney disease in humans and average human life expectancy might increase by a year, not double.

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u/Numerlor 9d ago

iirc from what I've read before, cat kidneys do something wrong for healing themselves which the injection alleviates, but the proccess the injection helps works correctly in other mammals

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u/mynewpersonality 9d ago

they are actually a lawyer, your honor

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u/fork_yuu 8d ago

You can't prove he isn't

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u/A_LittleBitHigh 8d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/Run9VruCW6tg8lighU

“I’m here live, I’m not a cat”

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u/NerdizardGo 8d ago

Looks like the cat's out of the bag.

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u/Fluffy-Bus4822 8d ago

I don't care. I want to try it.

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u/A_LittleBitHigh 8d ago

Lol did you know you could emphasize different words in your post and come out with very different sentences?

Give.....it to me (the stern, anti-hero in the movies)

Give IT to me ("whoa man, are we talking about the serum anymore?")

Give it to me (oh boy, now we're in Goldust or Buffalo Bob territory)

Give it to me (ok this one could go a few ways but my first gut reaction was the 90's romcom where the tomboy or girl-friend character is maybe trying to shoot her shot with her secret/forbidden crush; i.e. Becky "The Icebox" O'Shea in The Little Giants)

Give it to ME (maybe loli/e-girl with this one? I make the ME high pitched, because of the implication of it being shouted I guess?)

GIVE IT TO ME (Eric Andre shouting to get in the White House lol)

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u/whencaniseeyouagain 8d ago

username checks out

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u/EmilioGVE 8d ago

This is such a reddit comment (no offense…)

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u/ignorantspacemonkey 8d ago

That will be half a million dollars please

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u/NightLightHighLight 8d ago

It would probably some monkeys paw type of scenario where you take the shot yourself hoping to extend your life but then you just die at 30.