Current Events > Controversial treatment transfuses blood from teenages to reverse aging process.

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https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/12/20/controversial-treatment-transfuses-patients-with-young-blood-from-teenagers-to-reverse-aging-process/

Could the secret to eternal youth be found in blood transfusions from young people? Some claim that transfusions with young blood from teenagers can reverse the aging process.

Its being tested in patients over the age of 35 as part of a clinical trial called ambrosia, where people paid $8,000 to get the rich growth factors found in bloods plasma platelets.

There are pretty much people from most states, people from overseas, people from Europe and Australia, Dr. Jesse Karmazin said.

Results of the trial have not been published.

Dr. Karmazin, who plans to open a business selling young blood, says patients whove had it say they feel amazing, and he says hes seen evidence of reversing the aging process in rats.

Their brains are younger, their hearts. Their hair, if it was gray, it turns dark again, he said.

There has also been encouraging Alzheimers research using young blood at Stanford University.

We found that it was safe and feasible to administer infusions of young plasma weekly, Dr. Sharon Shaw, an Alzheimers researcher at Stanford, said.

Dr. Shaw is a researcher who says they have seen evidence of improvement in functional ability.

Its all very exciting that there can be components in blood that can be healing, Dr. Shaw said.

Platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, treatments using a patients own blood have been in demand as trendy vampire facials to fight wrinkles, and as joint and tissue treatments to accelerate healing.

Its also being tested to regrow hair.

We can actually use your own blood to stimulate the body, said Dr. Hooman Khorasani, chief of the Division of Dermatologic and Cosmetic Surgery at Mount Sinai Health System.

The study hasnt concluded, but seeing even short-term results, the researcher is optimistic.

It looks very positive, Dr. Khorasani said.

But experts agree, there is still more research that needs to be done.

Theres still a lot of unknowns and factors we dont know when were were actually getting another persons growth factors and nutrients injected in us, Dr. Khorasani said.

While blood transfusions are considered safe for people who need them, side effects can include hives, lung injury. or potentially deadly infections.

I guess this is why Vampires are immortal.
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From what?

Hooray, modern medical vampirism.

This is fucked up. Literally feeding on our youth.

Then again, if the pay is good, slap my arm and tie a rubber hose around it! Though I would probably want to donate blood for medical use afterwards, as penance for contributing to what is essentially capitalist pseudoscience. I'm giving some old, rich prick my blood so they get to feel a fleeting sense of youth, I should open my veins to someone who actually fucking needs it.
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Hmm. Seems odd. But I suppose plenty of things that seem normal now seemed weird in the past.
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i mean, it used to be a joke that the hollywood elite would bathe in the blood of the youthful to maintain their looks but now it's looking more like a reality
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MrMallard posted...

This is fucked up. Literally feeding on our youth.

Then again, if the pay is good, slap my arm and tie a rubber hose around it! Though I would probably want to donate blood for medical use afterwards, as penance for contributing to what is essentially capitalist pseudoscience. I'm giving some old, rich prick my blood so they get to feel a fleeting sense of youth, I should open my veins to someone who actually fucking needs it.

This consumerist society has been doing that far longer than during this time frame.
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MrMallard posted...

This is fucked up. Literally feeding on our youth.

Then again, if the pay is good, slap my arm and tie a rubber hose around it! Though I would probably want to donate blood for medical use afterwards, as penance for contributing to what is essentially capitalist pseudoscience. I'm giving some old, rich prick my blood so they get to feel a fleeting sense of youth, I should open my veins to someone who actually fucking needs it.

I mean, there's good science behind the idea.
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If it works, then whatever I guess
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ill gladly donate blood to some morally bankrupt rich old guy if they give me a couple mil
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Rika_Furude posted...

ill gladly donate blood to some morally bankrupt rich old guy if they give me a couple mil

Your blood won't be worth that much, at most a 100 bucks a pint if you're lucky.
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KamenRiderBlade posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

ill gladly donate blood to some morally bankrupt rich old guy if they give me a couple mil

Your blood won't be worth that much, at most a 100 bucks a pint if you're lucky.

then rip baby boomers i guess, they ruined the world anyway
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Rika_Furude posted...

then rip baby boomers i guess, they ruined the world anyway

the reason it wont be worth more is the sheer number of people who would do it
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This definitely doesn't work
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The Supply will easily outstrip the demand
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huh, so elizabeth bathory was right?
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Irony posted...

This definitely doesn't work

One of my exes told me that her grandfather had a experimental treatment done which they drained the old blood from his body and replaced it with new blood to get rid of a cancer. The guy now is in great shape running a farm so I believe it works.

Elizabeth Bathory did NOTHING WRONG
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I think the point would be to understand what about the blood makes that work and how to get your own body to stimulate producing blood like that again.
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Goats posted...

This is literally a boss in Diablo 2 mudbray

the countess in act 1?
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Irony posted...

This definitely doesn't work

https://www.nature.com/news/ageing-research-blood-to-blood-1.16762

You'd be surprised. It works (for mice).

It's even funnier they figured out plasma works pretty well. How much is plasma being sold for? 20-50 bucks a donation lol. Don't expect blood to be much better.
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The fountain of youth is real

this is fucking terrifying, i have already been saying that our culture is obsessed with youth and young people and getting all our joy in life ffrom them and this is just
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Is it really that simple? I can't imagine this hasn't been tried already, its literally the plot of a movie isn't it
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Seems too obvious not too have been attempted. I guess Vlad the 3rd was right.

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if they started draining blood from newly aborted babies for the freshest youth factor or something
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Good way to catch pedos with blood fetishes.
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Wasn't this a Silicon Valley joke?
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hockeybub89 posted...

If it works, then whatever I guess

It doesn't. This is just old people with too much money willing to try literally anything
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Tyranthraxus posted...

hockeybub89 posted...

If it works, then whatever I guess

It doesn't. This is just old people with too much money willing to try literally anything

Seems to work in rodents, across many different preparations.
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Expected onion.

Too lazy to check if article smells of Onion

Bye
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Fear the young blood
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looks like Carl Jung was right
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i still look 18 at 26 so my blood is premium shit
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Isn't this pretty much blood doping? Although I find shit like reversing grey hair to be very dubious.
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Shoot, if I was a teen and got a healthy share of that $8,000, I'd be all over that shit
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fuck I'd take it who cares? why is it considered immoral if the kids aren't put into cages and farmed?
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This is old news and probably why rich old politicians always live to like 95.
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Maninstagnate posted...

Irony posted...

This definitely doesn't work

One of my exes told me that her grandfather had a experimental treatment done which they drained the old blood from his body and replaced it with new blood to get rid of a cancer. The guy now is in great shape running a farm so I believe it works.

Blood transfusions are common for cancer patients. It is a good way for them to get energy back, especially after chemo. Not sure what the experimental part of that is.

I'd assume the new blood gives a healthy dose of red blood cells which the body would need as chemo can cause anemia- especially if the treatment was targeted at bone marrow
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Turtlebread posted...

i still look 18 at 26 so my blood is premium shit

This exactly, I'm 26 but if I shave I look exactly the same as I did 8 years ago.
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Shelhamer92 posted...

Wasn't this a Silicon Valley joke?

Yes. Came in to post this
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littlebro07 posted...

Turtlebread posted...

i still look 18 at 26 so my blood is premium shit

This exactly, I'm 26 but if I shave I look exactly the same as I did 8 years ago.

yeah I'm 31 and if I shave I still get carded for shit. or if I wear a hat/hood
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So does this mean Elizabeth Bathory has reincarnated?
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Legend has it that this is how David Rockefeller achieved such longevity.
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Im calling BS on it reversing aging for now. If anything itll just slow down the aging process.
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Bullshit. It sounds like the modern day equivalent of selling Elephant tusks shavings to increase health.
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Rich people have been trying this for years now, why is this suddenly news?
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