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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 11:41 AM Nov 2017

Blood plasma infusions from young may arrest Alzheimers

Regular infusions of blood plasma from young donors could be used to treat patients with Alzheimer’s disease, a medical conference in Boston was told on Saturday.

Researchers said that their study showed transfusions were safe, had no serious side effects and hinted that infusions could lead to benefits in patients’ memory and thinking.

Infusions of blood plasma – the liquid, cell-free part of blood – are used in surgery and to treat conditions such as liver disease. In addition, research on mice has shown that regular plasma infusions from young mice improves memory in older mice.

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/nov/05/alzheimers-plasma-transfusion-arrests-disease

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Blood plasma infusions from young may arrest Alzheimers (Original Post) n2doc Nov 2017 OP
K&R !!! CountAllVotes Nov 2017 #1
Wouldn't that be lovely! janterry Nov 2017 #2
Then again, they're more likely to ingest exotic intoxicants klook Nov 2017 #3
Those with money/power are thinking MUCH younger: ret5hd Nov 2017 #4
It's like medical vamprisim! But in a good way! forgotmylogin Nov 2017 #5
Can't wait to see that Vampire movie delisen Nov 2017 #6

klook

(12,154 posts)
3. Then again, they're more likely to ingest exotic intoxicants
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 12:01 PM
Nov 2017

so the end result may not be that different.

forgotmylogin

(7,528 posts)
5. It's like medical vamprisim! But in a good way!
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 12:12 PM
Nov 2017

The older need the blood of the younger to become immortal blahHAHAHAH.

But if this is done therapeutically that is pretty awesome.

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