Just reading the article, "Time to stop getting old" in the print edition (p. 22) and came across:
All sorts of issues there but it's an interesting concept. There's been some research recently in ME/CFS about the bad effects of ME/CFS blood on healthy tissue (or vice-versa - can't remember).
New Scientist said:...Teams around the world have started trials of blood plasma transfusions to treat age-related diseases, but Jesse Karmazin is taking a different approach. His company, Ambrosia, based in Monterey, California, is offering them to anyone - providing they can afford the $8,000 price tag. Karmazin hopes to treat 600 people and record their health before and after a transfusion. So far, Ambrosia has signed up 40 people and treated 20 of them. "They're all over 35, and are in relatively good health, he says, although some have chronic fatigue syndrome or Alzheimer's...
All sorts of issues there but it's an interesting concept. There's been some research recently in ME/CFS about the bad effects of ME/CFS blood on healthy tissue (or vice-versa - can't remember).