Research to help dogs live longer, healthier lives could unlock secrets for people to age better, too

Everyone knows the old adage about dogs being man’s best friend, but you may not know that dogs might also be one of man’s best hopes to treat age-related illnesses. That’s because our canines develop many of the same diseases we do, including dementia. Dogs’ brains are a lot like ours, so studying how dementia and other diseases naturally progress in them, may also help us.

That’s what the Dog Aging Project is all about: unlocking secrets to a longer, healthier life for humans, and our four-legged friends.