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Diluting blood rejuvenates old tissues in mice

There are things in blood that drives our ageing

08-Jun-2020

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New experimental evidence to support the epigenetic theory emerges.

Replaced 50% of plasma in 2-year-old mice with a saline solution containing 5% albumin.

Detected higher nerve growth factors in brain, faster muscle repair rates and less adiposity in liver.

Proteomes of those mice resembled proteomes of young mice more closely.

Proves that there are proteins in the blood that actively retard growth and healing.

Plans to measure biological age using methylation clock in future studies.

Research by The Conboy Laboratory published in Aging.

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Aging

Bio-medical journal covering research on all aspects of gerontology

Aubrey de Grey

President and Chief Science Officer at Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) Foundation

Dobri Kiprov

Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Lyfspn

Harold Katcher

Professor at University of Maryland - working on rejuvenation blood factors

Irina Conboy

Professor of Bioengineering at Berkeley University of California.

Michael Conboy

Lecturer in Department of Bioengineering at Berkley University of California.

The Conboy Laboratory

Research laboratory based in UC Berkeley developing solutions to slow down ageing

Topics mentioned on this page:
Apheresis, Proteomics