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Millionaire from California transfused himself with the blood of his 17-year-old son to rejuvenate

45-year-old California millionaire Brian Johnson decided to transfuse himself with blood components from his 17-year-old son. He believes that the procedure will have a rejuvenating effect. At the same time, he shared his blood with his 70-year-old father. The edition told in more detail Bloomberg.

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April 3, 45-year-old tech entrepreneur Brian Johnson, along with his 70-year-old father Richard and 17-year-old son Talmage, shows up at a clinic near Dallas, Texas.

Talmage goes first, having a liter of his blood removed and processed by machine into separate parts - a batch of liquid plasma, and then a batch of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Brian then undergoes the same process, followed by an additional procedure in which his son's plasma is injected into his own veins. Richard goes last and receives Brian's plasma.

There has been a long-standing public fascination with stories of wealthy techies injecting themselves with the precious bodily fluids of young men. Experiments on mice have shown that older rodents experience a rejuvenating effect by absorbing the vitality of their younger counterparts. Inspired by these results, some people have decided to experiment on themselves and tap into this vampire-sounding fountain of youth, although it should be noted that there is very little scientific research in this area.

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For Johnson, plasmapheresis is not unusual. For several months he visited a clinic in Dallas and received plasma - not from a family member, but from a young anonymous donor. Johnson carefully screened the donor to make sure the person had an ideal body mass index, was healthy and free of disease.

He made a name for himself in technology as the former head of Braintree, the digital payments company that owned Venmo. After selling the company, Johnson made a fortune and founded the company Kernel, which was engaged in the brain-computer interface. Lately, however, he's been focusing on his body with a campaign called Project Blueprint.

Johnson spends millions of dollars a year on medical diagnosis and treatment, combined with a carefully crafted diet, sleep and exercise regimen.to see if it can slow down, perhaps even reverse, the aging process. He has a team of doctors helping him in this search. Through Blueprint, Johnson publishes the vast majority of his methods and results in the hope that others can appreciate and benefit from his work.

In traditional medicine, plasma infusions are used to treat a variety of conditions, including liver and blood disorders, and burns. During the COVID-19 pandemic, plasma swaps have entered the mainstream. Some coronavirus patients have been given plasma from people who have recovered from the disease and have antibodies found in their bodies, although the World Health Organization has recommended that this practice be phased out in 2021.

The idea of ​​using plasma as a rejuvenating therapy gained ground after experiments in which scientists literally stitched old mice and young mice together, allowing them to use common circulatory systems. Older mice had improved cognitive functions, metabolism and bone structure. There is also evidence that frequent blood donation can have a positive effect on health as you get rid of old blood and force your body to produce new cells and fluid.

Human studies using this technology are rare. This has left scientists and enthusiasts with mouse data that many experts consider inconclusive. Some researchers analyzing the field of longevity warn against routine plasma transfusions among healthy people.

"We don't know enough to suggest that this is a viable drug for humans," says Charles Brenner, a biochemist at City of Hope National Medical Center in Los Angeles. “To me this is unproven and relatively dangerous.”

Johnson's medical team, however, has endorsed the procedure as a possible treatment for cognitive decline and possibly preventing Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Johnson measures his blood, brain and organs in great detail, and he hopes he can quantify any changes that result from a transfusion. As with a number of additional procedures he performs, Johnson has turned his body over to science to push the boundaries of longevity technology.

“We start with the evidence first,” Johnson says at the clinic. “We don’t do anything based on feelings.”

The so-called bloody boy stigma around longevity-focused plasma transfusions means that few people involved in the treatment discuss it openly. Aside from the obvious vampiric quality of the process, the mechanics can seem elitist and dubious. In most cases, a wealthier person receives plasma from a much younger and less wealthy person. Plasma donors typically receive gift cards worth about $100 for a procedure that costs about $5500.

The amount of time required for plasmapheresis varies. Johnson usually donates a liter of blood and receives the same amount back into the plasma, which is a lot as usual. Working with his phlebotomist to change the machine's flow rate and needle size during plasma aspiration, Johnson cut the amount of time the process takes to about 80 minutes.

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His favorite clinic is called Resurgence Wellness. It positions itself as a SPA center. The company building is located in the suburbs of Dallas. The inside is clean and modern. It has a range of kits for treatments ranging from hormone therapy to "body sculpting" to get rid of bulges of fat and platelet-rich plasma injections.

Whether this will have any positive health effects is not yet known. Brenner, a biochemist, believes that anyone considering this type of procedure is likely to get much more pleasure from going on a pleasant long walk.

“The people who go to these clinics who want anti-aging infusions basically have an anxiety problem,” he says. “They have a problem with worrying about their mortality.”

Johnson has faced a barrage of criticism since he first spoke publicly about Project Blueprint. He claims that he wants to do something like a three-generation plasma exchange and invite a reporter to witness what is happening. It is part of the process of seeing what is possible and beneficial from the point of view of the body and opening people's minds to new ideas. According to him, the main thing is the data. He promises to publish all this in the coming months.

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