Lisa

30 something cat lady

[Dan @Altgthr]

It’s so hot today that if Michael Barrymore invited me round for a pool party I’d go.

[Lisa @the_negativeone]

https://t.co/ra3Fujsev2

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Toru Miyazaki gave 11 cats with advanced kidney disease an experimental injection. 15 others didn’t get it. A year later, 9 of the 11 treated cats were alive. Only 3 of the 15 untreated cats survived. He just filed for approval, and the drug fixes a defect only cats have.

Most cats die from one thing: their kidneys fail. By age 10, 4 in 10 cats already have chronic kidney disease, and by age 15, the rate doubles to 8 in 10. Once diagnosed, a cat has about 2 years left.

The reason kidney disease hits cats so hard is a broken protein in their blood. All mammals carry a protein that helps the kidneys clean out waste. In humans and dogs, the protein floats freely and goes to work when the kidneys are in trouble. In cats, it stays stuck to another protein and can’t get loose. So the waste piles up, and the kidneys eventually give out.

Miyazaki originally found the protein in 1999, back when he was at the University of Tokyo. He figured out the cat-specific glitch in 2015. The paper he published in the Veterinary Journal in February laid out the trial. The injection is a working version of the missing protein. His company, the Institute for AIM Medicine, filed the approval paperwork with Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture on April 24, 2026. If the review clears, the drug goes on sale in spring 2027.

The 30-year lifespan figure in the tweet is Miyazaki’s own projection of what cats could reach without kidney disease. The trial only ran a year, and the average cat today lives 15. Most die from the same disease this injection treats.

The research almost died in 2020. After running out of funding during COVID, Miyazaki went public. Cat owners across Japan responded by sending in 300 million yen, around 2 million dollars total. He resigned from the University of Tokyo and worked on the drug full time. The treatment in front of regulators today exists because cat lovers refused to let the research die.

[I ❤️ Snooker @ILoveSnooker_]

Ronnie O’Sullivan:

🏆 7-time World Champion
🏆 8-time UK Champion
🏆 8-time Masters Champion
🏆 1-time Seniors Champion
🏆 41 Ranking Titles
⭐️ 1,330 Century Breaks
⭐️ 17 Maximum Breaks
⭐️ Highest Break: 153
⏳ Fastest Maximum Break in 5’08’’, unbeaten for 29 years

🐐 The GOAT

[Martyn Waller @Martynw34]

As much as I love Snooker everytime Ronnie O'Sullivan goes out of the world championships it seems to lose something #worldsnookerchampionships

[Lisa @the_negativeone]

This is crazy. If you fail the test, you shouldn't be allowed to drive.

https://t.co/K4LrSEdLJd

[Lisa @the_negativeone]

@x_ToxicTears That's ridiculous!! Hope you can just crop it out!

[Lisa @the_negativeone]

@CrazyDaysPoster Nsync could do a successful reunion without JT in my opinion

[Lisa @the_negativeone]

You and Tinkerbell @natxxxx

[Antidepressant Content @depressionlesss]

People: "You don't have kids, you can sleep in on weekends"

My cat at 5 a.m.:

[Lisa @the_negativeone]

@PopCulture2000s 21 years?! I won't believe it.

[Lisa @the_negativeone]

@natxxxx It's timeless

[Lisa @the_negativeone]

@natxxxx

[sue @harlivymaclay]

cynthia erivo loving buffy is everything to meee

[Lisa @the_negativeone]

@mjillustrated I got the VHS on my 12th birthday and watched it every day for at least a week!

[Jayroo @jayroo69]

This cat is me after I've been awake for 37 seconds

[Lisa @the_negativeone]

@milkychaai Not sure if they sell it outside the UK, but Nursem!

[Lisa @the_negativeone]

@cuteonlyvibes

[Lisa @the_negativeone]

@natxxxx

[We don't deserve cats 😺 @catsareblessing]

When you try to Record your Cat Play.

[joe doing joe things @forgivery]

i watched this when i was 11 and my dad had to sit on the toilet while i showered for a week

[Lisa @the_negativeone]

@Matt_Pinner City of Angels

[internet hall of fame @InternetH0F]

Never forget when Hank Hill struggled to remove the cap on a can of WD-40, he grabbed a smaller can of WD-40 to loosen it 😭