Tag: lifespan
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Dog Aging vs Human Aging: Surprising Parallels
Dogs and humans age through strikingly parallel machinery: conserved methylation sites ticking on the same chemistry, similar cancer, cognitive, and joint-degeneration pathways, and shared responses to leanness and exercise. Dogs are, scientifically, accelerated human-aging models that share our homes. Where the parallels run deepest Epigenetics: cross-species clock mapping works quantitatively. Cognition: canine cognitive dysfunction mirrors…