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Vampires! Technically speaking, parabiosis. Although it is not actually a new discovery at all, personally I'm convinced there are humans who have already trans

by AC__ 11y ago

Vampires! Technically speaking, parabiosis. Although it is not actually a new discovery at all, personally I'm convinced there are humans who have already transfused young blood plasma(as the linked article points out illegal stem cell transplants are common as well). Yeah, that's right, vampires. http://www.nature.com/news/ageing-research-blood-to-blood-1.16762 http://www.nature.com/news/ageing-research-blood-to-blood-1....

AC__ 11y ago
I went a massive life extension technology reading binge a few months back, IMHO it is, right now, possible to extend human life indefinitely.
- pault 11y ago
  Do you have a recommended reading list?
  - AC__ 11y ago
    Just off the top of my my head: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRACO_%28antiviral%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRACO_%28antiviral%29 CRISPR as mentioned, anything nano(robotics, surgery etc.), as well as stem cell tech.
- loup-vaillant 11y ago
  Ageing has several causes, including the accumulation of clutter (basically poison) inside and outside of our cells. I'm not sure becoming a vampire is enough to overcome that. Given the uncertainties, I'd still want to keep cryonics as a back up. (Though it looks unavailable here in Western Europe.)
  - erkkie 11y ago
    The wear and tear theory of aging is just one of many currently popular, the body is not a mechanical machine necessarily bound to wear and tear, it can in some cases successfully heal itself, some species basically don't age (some can actually revert in lifecycles). A competing theory is programmed aging (in which "clutter" would be an effect of, not a cause): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1369273/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1369273/
- bhouston 11y ago
  Any idea if that Ray Kurzwiel guy is doing young blood transfusion? It sounds like it would fit his goals as an early adopter of life extension tech..
AC__ 11y ago
Down-voters know I am on to them...
Gatsky 11y ago
I have gotten into the habit of appending "except when it doesn't" to every one line life sciences headline... http://www.nature.com/news/young-blood-anti-ageing-mechanism-called-into-question-1.17583 http://www.nature.com/news/young-blood-anti-ageing-mechanism...

by AC__ 11y ago

AC__ 11y ago

I went a massive life extension technology reading binge a few months back, IMHO it is, right now, possible to extend human life indefinitely.

pault 11y ago
Do you have a recommended reading list?
- AC__ 11y ago
  Just off the top of my my head: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRACO_%28antiviral%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRACO_%28antiviral%29 CRISPR as mentioned, anything nano(robotics, surgery etc.), as well as stem cell tech.
loup-vaillant 11y ago
Ageing has several causes, including the accumulation of clutter (basically poison) inside and outside of our cells. I'm not sure becoming a vampire is enough to overcome that. Given the uncertainties, I'd still want to keep cryonics as a back up. (Though it looks unavailable here in Western Europe.)
- erkkie 11y ago
  The wear and tear theory of aging is just one of many currently popular, the body is not a mechanical machine necessarily bound to wear and tear, it can in some cases successfully heal itself, some species basically don't age (some can actually revert in lifecycles). A competing theory is programmed aging (in which "clutter" would be an effect of, not a cause): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1369273/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1369273/
bhouston 11y ago
Any idea if that Ray Kurzwiel guy is doing young blood transfusion? It sounds like it would fit his goals as an early adopter of life extension tech..

AC__ 11y ago

Down-voters know I am on to them...

Gatsky 11y ago

I have gotten into the habit of appending "except when it doesn't" to every one line life sciences headline... http://www.nature.com/news/young-blood-anti-ageing-mechanism-called-into-question-1.17583 http://www.nature.com/news/young-blood-anti-ageing-mechanism...