As a pet owner, have you ever wished your dog didn't scratch as often, or your cat didn’t shed so much, or that your pets could live until your kids were grown? If you ever wished it for your pet, Purina nutritionists are working on it today. Those types of scientific explorations, in part, are the job of the Purina Facility for Molecular Biology & Genetics. Its members continually examine key nutritional issues for improving pets' lives.

Over 80 years ago, when we began our study of pet nutrition, who would have dreamed our simple mission would evolve into the study of nutritional genetics? Back then, no one knew it would become possible to micro-design pet food based on our knowledge of genetics. Who would have thought an adjustment to a pet food formula could reduce the risk of certain health issues just by the way the nutrients interact with the genes? We now know, as we continue our enthusiastic research into the mysteries of DNA, that the possibilities are virtually unlimited. The knowledge we’ve gained so far is already at work in Purina pet foods. Everything we ever wished for our pets, we’re working to make a reality, through the science of Purina.