{"id":196976,"date":"2024-10-03T17:24:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T22:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/purr-suing-feline-longevity-with-data-driven-research"},"modified":"2024-10-03T17:24:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T22:24:43","slug":"purr-suing-feline-longevity-with-data-driven-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/purr-suing-feline-longevity-with-data-driven-research","title":{"rendered":"Purr-suing feline longevity with data-driven research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/purr-suing-feline-longevity-with-data-driven-research2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week we reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/longevity.technology\/news\/cat-health-company-bags-funding-for-nine-lives-extension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Cat Health Company had closed its pre-seed round<\/a> and is now moving towards identifying and developing new therapeutics for age-related diseases in cats. As the pet longevity field continues to gather momentum, <a href=\"https:\/\/thecathealth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Cat Health Company<\/a> aims to join companies like <a href=\"https:\/\/longevity.technology\/tag\/loyal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Loyal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/longevity.technology\/tag\/arterra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arterra<\/a> at the forefront of this movement. Founded by Alex Bacita and Alex Voda, the Bucharest-based company is not only focused on improving the lifespan of our feline friends but also on enhancing their overall quality of life by targeting the underlying mechanisms of aging.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Longevity. Technology: Pet longevity is becoming a growing area of interest for both researchers and consumers; as owners increasingly seek solutions to extend the healthspan of their pets, demand for scientifically backed innovations has grown, and it is a trend that mirrors the rising popularity of similar human-focused longevity research, signaling a shift in how we approach aging across species. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We sat down with Alex Voda, cofounder of The Cat Health Company, to discuss the future of feline longevity and how TCHC plans to turn cutting-edge research into practical treatments for the cats we cherish<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we reported that The Cat Health Company had closed its pre-seed round and is now moving towards identifying and developing new therapeutics for age-related diseases in cats. As the pet longevity field continues to gather momentum, The Cat Health Company aims to join companies like Loyal and Arterra at the forefront of this [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}