Sunday, October 21, 2012

Amazing Medical Discovery: Transfusions of Young Blood Appear to Rejuvenate the Elderly

 I wrote about this in Dec.2011 here;
 http://oc1dean.blogspot.com/2011/12/young-blood-rejuvenates-old-brains.html
This was the key paragraph:
These results suggest that chemicals found in the blood of old mice inhibit the generation of new brain cells, whereas chemicals in the blood of young mice promote it. The researchers then injected blood from young or old mice into young adults. Again, they found that animals injected with old blood had far fewer newborn neurons in the hippocampus than those injected with young blood, confirming that old blood contains soluble factors that inhibit neurogenesis.

And the new article here:
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/amazing-medical-discovery-transfusions-young-blood-appear-rejuvenate-elderly

So this brings up the question for your doctor. Should all stroke survivors get blood transfusions from young people, maybe your grandchildren?
How young should the blood be?

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