It's no secret that, for years now, the ultra-wealthy — including Silicon Valley tech moguls like Peter Thiel and Bryan Johnson — have taken up the Elizabeth Báthory method of obtaining eternal youth: young blood. Despite Johnson's recent admission that his costly indulgence in pseudoscientific young blood transfusions offered "no benefits" — so he has stopped injecting himself with the blood plasma of his son and other young folks — the quest for immortality among the rich is far from over. While it's true that the rich have thrown millions-upon-millions of dollars into these frantically vain bunk-science investments, the rest of us actually have far more stake in death-defying discoveries. And we should be willing to claim them.
Most of the science behind young blood transfusion is bunk — that much is true, according to the Food and Drug Administration. But there's still just enough scientific reason to keep looking for a blood-based answer to ease the strain of age and illness, and more research keeps coming.
