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At the moment blood isn't cheap or easy to preserve. Then there is a matter of supply. Current research involving parabiosis in mice required a significant age
by louprado 10y ago
At the moment blood isn't cheap or easy to preserve. Then there is a matter of supply. Current research involving parabiosis in mice required a significant age difference and a continuous supply. Meaning you spend 15 - 25 trying to produce double the amount of blood just so you have what you need when you are 70 to 80. Transgenic xeno blood is a more likely solution if not synthetic blood or protein filtering.
Regarding self fecal implants, the case where it could be most beneficial is in post antibiotic treatment. I recall seeing a a before/after graph of gut flora. Antibiotics had the effect of a nuclear bomb. Even years later, gut flora was still a fraction of what it had been.
- Remington 10y agoHi louprado. yes, I understand about blood life but I'm thinking the bank "purchaseable" blood will be a busy cycle so no worry about needing to store long term. however, to my point about long term storage you're right for now. And as for the fecal "transplant", I think we are at an infancy in understanding. Our gut is so central to our very survival that I'm dumbfounded we haven't discovered this sooner. I think from food allergies to Ulcerative Colitis to your emotional state to maybe even cancer, any ailment of your entire body OR mind will have a direct link to gut bacteria. I'm sure of it. No doubt that it does sounds absurd to think that a group bacteria can dictate how well your body AND mind functions, but that's what I'm saying...
- NamTaf 10y agoThis is true. A big course of broad-spectrum antibiotics creates an... unpleasant response. They really do nuke the biodiversity of the gut and it takes a while to strike a balance back. Here's a good wired feature done a few years ago on the topic: http://www.wired.com/2011/09/mf_microbiome/ http://www.wired.com/2011/09/mf_microbiome/