Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2021/10/a-popular-science-article-on-young-blood-versus-old-blood-in-the-development-of-treatments-for-aging/
The popular science article I’ll point out today does a fair job of following the past decade or so of work arising from heterochronic parabiosis, in which the circulatory systems of a young animal and an old animal are joined. The young animal exhibits some degree of accelerated aging, while the old animal exhibits some degree of rejuvenated function. The question all along has been why exactly this happens: what are the underlying mechanisms, and can they be replicated as a basis for therapy.
The obvious first approach was to transfuse young donor blood into old recipients, as positive results would mean that the existing blood transfusion infrastructure could be …
Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2021/10/a-popular-science-article-on-young-blood-versus-old-blood-in-the-development-of-treatments-for-aging/
The popular science article I’ll point out today does a fair job of following the past decade or so of work arising from heterochronic parabiosis, in which the circulatory systems of a young animal and an old animal are joined. The young animal exhibits some degree of accelerated aging, while the old animal exhibits some degree of rejuvenated function. The question all along has been why exactly this happens: what are the underlying mechanisms, and can they be replicated as a basis for therapy.
The obvious first approach was to transfuse young donor blood into old recipients, as positive results would mean that the existing blood transfusion infrastructure could be …
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