Key points from article :
People are paying to participate in a soon-to-launch clinical trial.
Offers the greatest potential to add a lot of healthy years to their life.
The science is questionable & participants have to pay at least $285,000 to join.
They will get infusions of plasma from young people who’ve taken a drug meant to activate their immune system.
“Hopefully, one day we’ll be able to announce that Florida is truly the fountain of youth,” Dr. Maharaj, lead researcher.
It is a first-in-human test - designed to evaluate the safety of the experiment.
8 independent experts reviewed the clinical trial & sharply criticised the study’s marketing, design, and scientific rationale.
“There’s no evidence in my mind that it’s going to work.” - Dr. Micheal Conboy, UC Berkley.
Mixed but intriguing evidence in mice doesn’t yet justify testing this idea in humans.
The study is not listed on the government database of human studies yet.
