Protein from blood of exercising mice rejuvenates brains of ‘couch potato’ mice (exercise, healthy)

[mascoma]

This effect, traced to a specific liver protein in the blood, could point the way to a drug that confers the brain benefits of exercise to an old or feeble person who rarely leaves a chair or bed.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020...ch-potato-mice

It's like paying someone else to exercise for you. Sounds like a good deal.

[reneeh63]

Originally Posted by mascoma

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020...ch-potato-mice

It's like paying someone else to exercise for you. Sounds like a good deal.

Amazing! So I just need a transfusion from a marathoner? Every month or so or like a daily quarter cup I wonder? It's kinda creepy and vampirish but could be worth it.

[mascoma]

Originally Posted by reneeh63

Amazing! So I just need a transfusion from a marathoner? Every month or so or like a daily quarter cup I wonder? It's kinda creepy and vampirish but could be worth it.

Ever watch the show Silicone Valley? One of the billionaires had a 'blood boy' to give him young healthy blood transfusions.

[Matt Marcinkiewicz]

Originally Posted by mascoma

Ever watch the show Silicone Valley? One of the billionaires had a 'blood boy' to give him young healthy blood transfusions.

the early seasons of that show were phenomenal