Rapamycin (sirolemus) is an FDA approved antifungal antibiotic drug. It is used in transplant patients to manage rejection and is also an anti-cancer drug. Side effects in humans include diarrhea, hair and nail loss, skin ulcers and rashes. In experiments with mice using low doses, it appeared to slow the aging process and increase the […]
Vital Statistics: Place of Origin: United States Coat Type: medium long, dense, shaggy, soft Color: Any color of cat, commonly brown tabby Temperament: Highly intelligent, gentle, sometimes dog-like, loving Where is the Maine Coon cat from? The Maine Coon is an American bred cat going back to the 1850s and even as far back as […]
The world’s first domestic animal anti-cruelty law may have been part of the legal code of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1641. Britain enacted an animal anti-cruelty law in 1822. In 1824, England established the Society for The Protection of Animals, the first of its kind. The ASPCA was founded in 1866 by Henry Bergh, […]
