Daily Times

Blood taken from a young person could counter age-related diseases and can help in maintaining long-lasting health in elderly individuals, scientists claim.

The claims were made in a study published in the Nature journal, which added that young blood can also enhance late-life health in animals as well as human beings.

Dame Linda Partridge, a geneticist at University College London (UCL) scientists said blood taken from young people can also reduce chances of developing age-related issues, and can help prevent diseases such a cancer and heart problems in elderly people.

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“I would say ageing is the emperor of all diseases,” Partridge told The Times. “A lot of people regard ageing as ‘natural’ and that therefore you shouldn’t interfere with nature. But we’ve always considered it an ethical imperative to cure illness where we find it.”

The tests were carried out on mice. The older mice, who were injected blood of the younger species showed resistance to age-related diseases and were more energetic, while the young ones who were injected with old blood showed opposite signs.