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Weekly stem cell reads: parabiosis, UC Davis trial, HeLa lawsuit, gray hair

May 28, 2022 / By / 3 Comments
Parabiosis, anti-aging

Parabiosis refers to the joining together of two animals, typically rodents in research. They become one interconnected living system that shares blood. Research on mouse parabiosis has sparked much interest in anti-aging therapies. These might utilize “young” materials to help older people. Our first recommended read is a parabiosis paper. Before we jump into that, …

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Nature paper claims young CSF fights brain aging in mice

May 11, 2022 / By / Leave a Comment
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A new Nature paper argues that young CSF fights brain aging. Young CSF vs. young blood CSF is the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the brain, including those of young mice. The claim is that when young CSF is injected into the brain/CNS cavity of old mice, it makes the aged brains seem younger. And function …

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Weekly reads: Bezos & stem cells for anti-aging, Myc, more

September 12, 2021 / By / 1 Comment
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Stem cells may have anti-aging properties, but they are unlikely to be a real fountain of youth. Even so, people are obsessed with aging and stem cells regularly are thought of as “the ticket” for fighting aging. I’ll start today’s recommended reads with that topic and then go on to list some interesting papers of …

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Good final grades on my 20 x 2018 stem cell predictions

February 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment
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Each year I make a list of stem cell predictions for the following year and I’ll release my predictions for 2019 soon, but first I’m grading how my 20 predictions for 2018 turned out. It seems I did better than usual predicting what would happen this year. I only got a couple partial credit or …

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Anti-aging and the billionaires young blood & stem cell club

May 11, 2022 / By / 7 Comments
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What is the Billionaire’s blood & stem cell club and how does one get into that? The focus of what I’m satirically calling this “billionaire’s club” is on anti-aging and prolonging life. If you have a lot of money and are willing to take risks on yourself toward some specific goal such as staying young …

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Young blood as anti-aging fountain of youth: hype or hope?

May 11, 2022 / By / 9 Comments
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There’s an idea floating around out there called “young blood” to use donations from young folks to infuse older people to reverse aging. I’m skeptical. Imagine an old man and a teenager sitting side by side, with blood flowing from the kid to the oldster in a stab at anti-aging. Sort of like a one-way …

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Young Blood Anti-Aging Powers in Mice: Perspectives on New Papers

February 1, 2021 / By / 7 Comments
Parabiosis

When it comes to anti-aging science, creepy meets cool with “young blood” in new blood mixing studies just published. The researchers report that blood from young animals literally makes older animals younger. That striking claim is made by both of two independent teams that published high-profile papers that just came out in Science and Nature Medicine.  …

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