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Young Blood

Youthful blood has all the hallmarks of a vampire-esque solution to aging - but there may be some science behind it too.

Tony Wyss-Coray at Stanford University who infused older mice with the blood of younger animals and found that their brains became more plastic and malleable which enabled them to learn and remember information like their younger donors.

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Young blood proteins rejuvenate human skin through bone marrow interactions

Young blood proteins rejuvenate human skin through bone marrow interactions

Live Forever Club - 17-Aug-2025

This shows systemic factors drive skin rejuvenation

AdipoR1 identified as key to reversing retinal aging

AdipoR1 identified as key to reversing retinal aging

Science Advances - 16-Aug-2025

Young blood and AdipoRon restore retinal function by activating anti-aging pathways in old mice

Can we really slow ageing? The promise and pitfalls of plasmapheresis

Can we really slow ageing? The promise and pitfalls of plasmapheresis

Live Forever Club - 15-Jul-2025

No strong rejuvenating effects were seen

Can we reverse our biological age? A look into therapeutic plasma exchange

Can we reverse our biological age? A look into therapeutic plasma exchange

Live Forever Club - 29-May-2025

People with poorer health showed the biggest improvement

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This Stem Cell Breakthrough Could Add 50 Years to Your Life! - Yuta Lee

The Beyond Tomorrow Podcast-Yuta Lee on How Stem Cell Science Could Extend Life by 50 Years

Harold Katcher

Professor at University of Maryland - working on rejuvenation blood factors

Irina Conboy

Professor of Bioengineering at Berkeley University of California.

Pig plasma to live longer?

The Sheekey Science Show looks at whether taking a part of blood (plasma) and injecting it into old animals is enough for rejuvenation

Aging and Blood - Irina Conboy presentation for SENS Research Foundation

Part of a series organized by SENS Research Foundation's Education Department

Yuvan Research

US arm of Harold Katcher's young plasma research

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Young Blood Blog Posts

Harold Katcher’s E5/Elixir (Young Plasma) Rat Trial Results
13-Mar-2023

Harold Katcher’s E5/Elixir (Young Plasma) Rat Trial Results

Survival curve shows increase in average lifespan, and now Sima has become the longest-lived Sprague Dawley rat

Age Reversal in Mammals – Has This Now Been Achieved?
21-May-2020

Age Reversal in Mammals – Has This Now Been Achieved?

Biological age and biomarkers improved to that of rats half their age

Ambrosia Plasma relaunches - announces improvement in key ageing biomarkers
03-Feb-2020

Ambrosia Plasma relaunches - announces improvement in key ageing biomarkers

The Club interviews Jesse Karmazin, CEO, to find out more about the trial, the FDA warning, and the relaunch

Stanford University optimistic about human rejuvenation
12-Mar-2019

Stanford University optimistic about human rejuvenation

Summary of “Turning back time with emerging rejuvenation Strategies” published in Nature Cell Biology

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