Regina Barber
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As America marks 250 years, remember, we the people make a free press possible.
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This is Ross Anderson, a staff writer at The Atlantic.
And as you heard, he has a dog, Forrest.
Ross called Forrest over because he was the inspiration for Ross's reporting on a company called Loyal.
They're working on a new drug to fight against every dog lover's greatest fear, inevitably losing their pet to time.
The hope is this new pill will extend the lives of dogs.
And the vision all started in the rural outskirts of Austin, Texas, where Loyal's founder, Celine Halawa, grew up.
Her whole childhood, she was surrounded by animals, forming deep, loving bonds with a lot of them.
That bond with animals was on her mind as she went off to college.
Loyal's drug is still working through the FDA's approval process.
But their preliminary results show it could extend your dog's life a year or even two.
And just as importantly, their health.
And as exciting as this pill is on its own for dog lovers, it also serves a much bigger purpose.
So today on the show, why a boon for man's best friend may be a boon for humanity itself down the line.
We get into how this pill works for dogs and why that same mechanism may be a blueprint for a pill for you one day.
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