I do not see how this could possibly end badly:
Blood plasma from young people has been found to rejuvenate old mice, improving their memory, cognition, and physical activity. The method has the potential to be developed into a treatment for people, says Sakura Minami of Alkahest, the company behind the work.
They named the company ‘Alkahest.’ …YOU ARE MAKING THIS TOO EASY FOR ME, UNIVERSE. I can do this on my own.
Oh, and then there’s this:
Previous research has found that stitching old and young mice together has an interesting effect. While sharing a blood system works out well for the older mouse, the younger one isn’t so lucky. The young animals started to show signs of brain ageing, while the brains of the older mice started to look younger. “We see a rejuvenation effect,” says Minami.
Actually, what you’re seeing there is A MOUSE BATTENING OFF OF THE STOLEN LIFE FORCE FROM ITS HAPLESS VICTIM… sorry, but for some reason this story is encouraging me to dramatically shout. I’m not even angry about it!
Then again, I’m no longer young…
Yeah, I thought of you when I saw this earlier. Silver platter right there. Which is convenient: you may want the silver for later….
In Methuselah’s Children, the blood of young people was in some unspecified way the basis for rejuvenation therapy.
Maybe some of the younger mice produce plasma with a much stronger rejuvenation effect? Or maybe some humans have blood like that? But maybe that’s only fiction?
So reality is following an unsuccessful 70s TV series? Hmm.
I should put up the link to Damnation Decade again. It’s one of the best sourcebooks for dystopian 1970s movies I’ve ever seen.
For some reason, I now have the urge to watch Dr. Strangelove.
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Who says mad scientists aren’t real?
Anyone sane would have at least thought about the continued effects of a successful finding, and resolutely refused to open that particular box.
(Unless the scientist in question is already a vampire, I guess. Then they’d be to his benefit.)
This does not come as a surprise to those who are conversant with Heinlein’s stories of the Howard Families.
I wouldn’t get *too* worried .. not until they mention plasmids, or until someone builds an underwater city.
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Mew