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What were some good things humans achieved in 2023? (lemmy.eco.br)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Anything exciting going on in your field of work this year? Or breakthroughs in science, new technologies developed, things like that.

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[–] focusforte 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

There was a breakthrough in cat medicine research that is showing promising results in doubling the lifespan of cats.

Edit: Sorry for leaving y'all in suspense, I didn't remember exactly what it was at the time of commenting, but I found it https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/features/z1304_00039.html

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Please elaborate/link, I'd be very interested to read about this.

[–] focusforte 2 points 11 months ago

https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/features/z1304_00039.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'm piling up here, with the same request, link OP!

[–] focusforte 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/features/z1304_00039.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So it prolonges lifespan in cats with kidney disease.

Good for the cats but it's not prolonging a healthy cats lifespan it seems.

[–] focusforte 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Most cats do die of kidney related issues, so by addressing that very common cause of death with cats, you're effectively doubling the average lifespan still.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Fair enough. A shame it doesn't transpose to the human condition.

[–] vladmech 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Like we’re talking from 14-18 to 28-36ish???

[–] focusforte 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/features/z1304_00039.html

[–] vladmech 2 points 11 months ago

That was a super interesting read, thank you for sharing it!

[–] victorz 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is that a good thing? 🫣

[–] focusforte 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes!

[–] victorz 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I dunno, I had cats who lived to be like 18-19 years, so almost two decades. I can't imagine how miserable they'd be if they lived to be 40...

[–] focusforte 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cats have an average lifespan of about 15 years, so it's doubling from 15 to 30 on average.

[–] victorz 1 points 11 months ago

Still, that's a lot.