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Does anyone think that the cost of an anti-aging drug will be low? If it’s not affordable to everyone, then a person might think “Why should I spend my limited money on this drug when I can get a dose of blood from my kids.” Vampirism could become part of the family dinner. Studies need to progress further on what aspects of blood cause the youth effect to make a clinical trial practical. It’s also not certain that humans would agree to being sutured together to share their blood supply (or that an IRB, I would hope, would allow this). If it turns out that the blood of the young increases lifespan, I can imagine people bleeding infants. The result of this story is an increase in rates of rape of the very young. There is already a myth that sexual intercourse with a virgin cures HIV infection. If the young blood turns out to be the fountain of youth, it could have significant social implications. The lead author of one of these papers, Tony Wyss-Coray has even created a start-up company, Alkahest, to explore the development and eventual marketing of these findings.īefore running out to your local blood bank or to a surgeon to have yourself sutured to a young person, remember that many experiments that have increased mouse life span-low calorie diets, rapamycin, resveratrol-have not had success in extending human life span or other primates. None of the studies looked at whether the mice live longer.Ī team at Stanford hopes to begin human studies in a short time.

In essence, the young blood turns back the biological clock. Two studies focused on a particular protein, GDF11, that when used alone (in a study published last year) improved heart health in old mice. The young blood also improved muscle health, leading to greater strength and endurance. The older mice increased their ability to learn and to remember. For example, the studies learned that the old mouse experienced an increase in neurons and the brain became more flexible. Moreau, the experiment has led to some startling findings. Besides seeming a bit like the Island of Dr. The healing causes the tissue to fuse and share blood supply. In the studies, flaps of tissue from two genetically identical mice (one young and one old) are sewn together. Three papers published in the last week (two in Science and one in Nature Medicine) showed that giving blood from young mice to older mice reduced many of the signs of aging. Now it turns out that science may have proven that the blood of the young keeps you young.Īt least, if you’re a mouse. In most incarnations, the vampire lives forever in a youthful state by feeding on the blood of humans. In the world of fantasy, the vampire is known for its immortality.