Diluting blood plasma rejuvenates tissue, reverses aging in mice

Author: evo_9

Score: 27

Comments: 10

Date: 2020-11-04 21:13:37

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rapjr9 wrote at 2020-11-06 16:00:31:

So does this mean that blood-letting actually does improve the ability to fight disease? Has blood-letting ever actually been studied in randomized controlled trials? If it has perhaps those trials would contain data relevant to this new finding.

pmiller2 wrote at 2020-11-05 00:12:16:

I can't think of much to say that wasn't already said in the article, except that it's great we have this study clarifying the whole "transfusions in mice can make them younger" phenomenon.

Apotheos wrote at 2020-11-04 23:19:06:

Also discussed here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24075560

djmips wrote at 2020-11-04 22:46:36:

I've heard that just donating blood can have some healthful benefits. Perhaps that was primarily lowering your blood pressure but I wonder if there is any other benefit despite the volume not being replaced by saline and albumin.

sjg007 wrote at 2020-11-05 16:09:55:

It seems so.

sjg007 wrote at 2020-11-04 22:56:51:

So basically we need an oil change.

robotnikman wrote at 2020-11-04 23:01:00:

Sounds too simple... there must be a catch

coldelectrons wrote at 2020-11-07 02:45:19:

Maybe a catch-basin

vondur wrote at 2020-11-05 02:32:48:

Isn't that what Keith Richards would do when he had like every drug in his system?

storedbox wrote at 2020-11-05 01:38:10:

The catch probably has something to do with vampires.