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Posted By altnrg 1 year, 1 month ago in Science & Technology

Frail elderly dogs could be injected with genes which allow them to run around like puppies, with technology which could be approved by next year. An American professor (Prof Lee Sweeney), is preparing to market a form of canine gene therapy, which would see dogs injected with substances which switch off the genes that regulate their muscle growth.

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