A new study by researchers at Stanford University shows that injections of young blood can reverse the signs of aging in mice.
The experiment is as simple as it sounds. Give an old mouse a syringe
full of blood from a young mouse, and run some tests. Leader of the
research team Saul Villeda and his team found that the boost of youth
improved learning and memory in the older mice. Villeda shared his
research with the Society for Neuroscience conference in New Orleans on
Wednesday and did not understate its implications for conditions that
are caused by deteriorating brain function. "I think any sort of disease
that has that component, there is a chance this might help," he
said. "What I am thinking is if we can address it earlier, when our body
still has the control to prevent this from happening, then we might not
have to cure Alzheimer's, we might just be able to stop it."
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