Harvard longevity scientist sparks furor with claim about reversing aging in dogs
news article · 2024
LINK
https://www.statnews.com/2024/03/05/david-sinclair-harvard-longevity-scientist-reversing-aging-dogs/
SUMMARY
Reports that David Sinclair told his roughly 438,000 X followers in late February 2024 that a supplement made by Animal Bioscience, a veterinary-supplement company he founded (led by his brother Nick Sinclair as CEO), had been 'proven to reverse aging' in dogs, a claim made in an Animal Bioscience press release; states that 'there is no published scientific research that has yet demonstrated the compounds in Animal Bioscience's supplements — which have been on the market for more than a year — reverse or even slow aging in dogs,' and that the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research board, which Sinclair led, was to discuss the matter. Byline, date, and headline confirmed directly on the fetched page; the quoted sentence above is verbatim from the fetched article text.
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Present-day critique source for the active-enterprise sourced-critique standard: independent science journalism, published the same month as the episode, documenting an unsupported marketing claim tied to a company Sinclair founded and personally promoted to a large public following.