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Taking a young person's plasma and infusing it into an older person to ward off aging -- a therapy that's fascinated some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley -- has no proven clinical benefit, the Food and Drug Administration said.
The agency issued a safety alert on Tuesday about the infusion of plasma from young donors for the prevention of conditions such as aging or memory loss, or for the treatment of such conditions as dementia, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, heart disease or post‐traumatic stress disorder.
"There is no proven clinical benefit of infusion of plasma from young donors to cure, mitigate, treat or prevent these conditions, and there are risks associated with the use of any plasma product," the FDA said in a statement from Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Peter Marks, head of the agency's biologics center.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Hartree on Wednesday February 20 2019, @04:35PM (1 child)
Don't expect reasoned debate on this, Takyon. (As if we ever can expect that. ;) )
On one side we have an anonymous coward saying it worked great for his granddad with no objective evidence. On the other, we have someone conjuring up visions of Deathwalker from Babylon 5 and the rich preying on the poor.
It'd be more honest if they said on one side" It must work because I'm frightened of aging, infirmity and death. And on the other: I'm frightened that those I dislike will cheat their way out of the horrible death I daydream about them receiving.
It's very interesting research and has shown a good bit of promise in lab animals and trials are ongoing. But assuming that it will either fail completely or work excellently in humans is an act of faith at this point, not science.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday February 20 2019, @09:27PM
What exactly is to debate on this FA?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford