• Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Transfuses Young Blood To Avoid Aging, Getting Old
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[quote]It seems tech billionaire, Peter Thiel, never wants to get old. The 48-year old Silicon Valley entrepreneur is intensely interested in extending his life span by getting blood transfusion from younger people in order to reverse the ageing process.[/quote] [IMG]http://images.scienceworldreport.com/data/thumbs/full/25939/680/0/0/0/peter-thiel-news.jpg[/IMG] [quote]In fact, Theil has already invested millions of dollars into anti-aging startups and therapies. He also spends a lot of time and money researching for age reversing therapies for his personal use. Thiel revealed on Bloomberg TV in 2014 that he was taking human growth hormone pills to extend his life to 120 years, reported Vanity Fair. He said that taking human growth hormone pills helps maintain muscle mass and lessens the risk of getting bone injuries, arthritis. The venture capitalist has argued that all people should join him in finding life-extension methods. In an interview with Jeff Bercovici of Inc. magazine, Theil had confessed that he's interested in parabiosis, the practice of getting transfusions of blood from a younger person. He said that he feels parabiosis is indeed a great way to improve health and potentially reverse aging. "I'm looking into parabiosis stuff, which I think is really interesting. This is where they did the young blood into older mice and they found that had a massive rejuvenating effect," Thiel told Bercovici. "And so that's... that is one that... again, it's one of these very odd things where people had done these studies in the 1950s and then it got dropped altogether. I think there are a lot of these things that have been strangely under-explored." It is still unknown if the tech billionaire is already undergoing parabiosis and injected himself with young blood. According to Medical Daily, a California-based company called Ambrosia has already started a trial involving humans. In the trial, healthy individuals aged 35 or older will receive transfusions from young blood donors aged 25 or less. [/quote] [URL="http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/44881/20160803/tech-billionaire-peter-thiel-transfuses-young-blood-to-avoid-aging-getting-old.htm"]http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/44881/20160803/tech-billionaire-peter-thiel-transfuses-young-blood-to-avoid-aging-getting-old.htm[/URL]
Just find a way to transfuse plant juice into animal juice, then hop yourself up on some fuckin pine tree juice. Shit'll make you live forever.
So Thiel doesn't explicitly say that he does it, but it sure looks likely he's getting some fresh blood on the lowdown :boxhide: But if I had billions, why not spend some of it in the form of blood and Trump contributions.
Wasn't this a story Gawker scraped together to spit at Thiel one last time?
I guess making a youth elixir out of Nick Denton's tears turned out to be a wash.
Be honest who the fuck wouldn't do that. If I was a billionaire extending my lifespan would be just one of the crazy shit I'd have in mind.
Feed me young meat.
Thats pretty fucking crazy, lets be honest here. Appreciate him for killing Gawker, but damn dude.
[QUOTE=Disgruntled;50826169]Wasn't this a story Gawker scraped together to spit at Thiel one last time?[/QUOTE] Nope, and Thiel is not even close to the only one doing this, because the [B]initial[/B] results seem to track pretty universally in the positive. Thiel's issue with Denton is having his sexuality outed despite his express wishes otherwise.
As someone who works with the elderly.. This is a [I]really[/I] stupid idea. Getting old is horrific, I don't know why people are obsessed with extending the lifespan further and further. It just means we'll burn up the planet even faster and spend more time and money taking care of old people who are in pain half the time. [editline]4th August 2016[/editline] They need to address quality of living before pushing people into the 120's.
[QUOTE=srobins;50826192]As someone who works with the elderly.. This is a [I]really[/I] stupid idea. Getting old is horrific, I don't know why people are obsessed with extending the lifespan further and further. It just means we'll burn up the planet even faster and spend more time and money taking care of old people who are in pain half the time. [editline]4th August 2016[/editline] They need to address quality of living before pushing people into the 120's.[/QUOTE] Uh. Ya do know people who attempt to extend their lifespans also attempt to counter the effects of aging which, uh, is what results in uh... Y'know. Death. [editline]4th August 2016[/editline] Do you really honestly think anyone on earth who's tried living longer intended to live longer as a geriatric old vegetable? They're trying to combat aging and stop it in order to achieve a longer lifespan. You have no real point in regards to that because thats what people want to avoid. I literally cannot think of a way of extending your lifespan, with the exception of putting your brain in some sort of super nutrient bath in a robot body, that wouldnt necessitate directly combatting the effects of aging. Like, maybe im totally wrong on this, but im pretty sure the effects of aging is what kills you when you die of old age.
[QUOTE=srobins;50826192]As someone who works with the elderly.. This is a [I]really[/I] stupid idea. Getting old is horrific, I don't know why people are obsessed with extending the lifespan further and further. It just means we'll burn up the planet even faster and spend more time and money taking care of old people who are in pain half the time. [editline]4th August 2016[/editline] They need to address quality of living before pushing people into the 120's.[/QUOTE] They're getting younger before they grow old, not getting older before they die.
[QUOTE=27X;50826188]Nope, and Thiel is not even close to the only one doing this, because the [B]initial[/B] results seem to track pretty universally in the positive.[/QUOTE] It's a bit different, but I've heard some long distance runners in the past would remove large amounts of blood temporarily while training at high altitudes. Following their training session, I think they would have that blood, which I believe was their own blood, put back into them. I'm not sure if or how that is different from blood doping, but this was in cases of training and not immediately prior to events.
[QUOTE=AaronM202;50826195]Uh. Ya do know people who attempt to extend their lifespans also attempt to counter the effects of aging which, uh, is what results in uh... Y'know. Death. [editline]4th August 2016[/editline] Do you really honestly think anyone on earth who's tried living longer intended to live longer as a geriatric old vegetable? They're trying to combat aging and stop it in order to achieve a longer lifespan. You have no real point in regards to that because thats what people want to avoid.[/QUOTE] In a way, yes, but there are issues other than the strictly biological capability to live longer. There's a certain amount of infrastructure that needs to be updated in society to accommodate a growing elderly population, and blood transfusions aren't going to solve those issues. That's all I'm saying.
[QUOTE=srobins;50826209]In a way, yes, but there are issues other than the strictly biological capability to live longer. There's a certain amount of infrastructure that needs to be updated in society to accommodate a growing elderly population, and blood transfusions aren't going to solve those issues. That's all I'm saying.[/QUOTE] But there wouldnt BE a growing elderly population, because if people stopped aging... Well, they wouldnt age, now would they. [editline]4th August 2016[/editline] Even stunted aging, which would just slow the process down immensly, wouldnt require anything to change because ideally people would age exactly the same but over a longer period of time.
This sounds awfully familiar... [IMG]http://66.media.tumblr.com/08ffc961aa859835491d89edc092beb0/tumblr_mv1273qNAn1shk949o1_500.jpg[/IMG]
thus begins the age of the immortal 1%
[QUOTE=Ryu-Gi;50826220]This sounds awfully familiar... [IMG]http://66.media.tumblr.com/08ffc961aa859835491d89edc092beb0/tumblr_mv1273qNAn1shk949o1_500.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Her mistake was bathing in the blood and not becoming one with the blood.
This is some creepy shit but I'd be lying if I didn't say I'd totally get my blood drawn for some cold hard cash :v:
[QUOTE=Mining Bill;50826256]This is some creepy shit but I'd be lying if I didn't say I'd totally get my blood drawn for some cold hard cash :v:[/QUOTE] I'd just fund as much into hooking myself up with some starfish gene therapy or some other comic book shit. I might get superpowers from it. Might die. Worth it.
Too bad I'm too old to get paid to be a donor, I've been through hell and back and I probably have some good stuff pumping through me. [QUOTE=AaronM202;50826293]I'd just fund as much into hooking myself up with some starfish gene therapy or some other comic book shit. I might get superpowers from it. Might die. Worth it.[/QUOTE]I really wish this was a thing because I'd go full Cataclysm DDA and just start injecting myself with whatever stolen mutagens I could find. Actually no, I wish the cyborg parts of that game were a thing because [I]being a fucking cyborg is cool.[/I]
[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;50826315]Too bad I'm too old to get paid to be a donor, I've been through hell and back and I probably have some good stuff pumping through me. I really wish this was a thing because I'd go full Cataclysm DDA and just start injecting myself with whatever stolen mutagens I could find. Actually no, I wish the cyborg parts of that game were a thing because [I]being a fucking cyborg is cool.[/I][/QUOTE] Well genetic engineering is real but people get icky when doing it with people because morals or someshit. Goats can produce spider silk, or spider dope or whatever, so there must be a way to hook me up with some fuckin iguana ass crocodilian tree starfish genes. And some robo limbs. Use pulley systems based on muscles structures instead of servos and pistons though that'd be good.
I thought aging was linked to the wearing down of telomeres, and once they degrade after enough cell division, this is where death by old age comes in? Does a blood transfusion like this work on that idea or no?
[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;50826339]I thought aging was linked to the wearing down of telomeres, and once they degrade after enough cell division, this is where death by old age comes in? Does a blood transfusion like this work on that idea or no?[/QUOTE] The cells in young peoples blood wouldnt have as worn down of telomeres and the cells in that blood would go into your organs so i assume it'd actually work yeah.
After helping Hogan drain Gawker for all it's got, he's developed a thirst.
This is the guy that says democracy and freedom are incompatible Yeah cause you can't freely be a vampire I guess [editline]4th August 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=AaronM202;50826345]The cells in young peoples blood wouldnt have as worn down of telomeres and the cells in that blood would go into your organs so i assume it'd actually work yeah.[/QUOTE] Red blood cells have no dna thus no telomeres
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;50826452]This is the guy that says democracy and freedom are incompatible Yeah cause you can't freely be a vampire I guess [editline]4th August 2016[/editline] Red blood cells have no dna thus no telomeres[/QUOTE] Oh. I should've paid more attention in biology.
[QUOTE=AaronM202;50826345]The cells in young peoples blood wouldnt have as worn down of telomeres and the cells in that blood would go into your organs so i assume it'd actually work yeah.[/QUOTE] According to what he was mentioning in the article, about the mice, I remember there being a study done previously that mentioned something about certain growth factors and odd proteins present in younger blood that stimulated repair and regeneration of tissue. Something I think is mainly useful to a developing organism but maybe something that as we progress in age becomes too costly in energy? Also, cancer risk does grow significantly as you age due to the splitting of cells and the mutations/weird stuff that happens to your DNA. Your body has a bunch of defenses against that though, telomeres being one, a competent immune system being one of the others. This guy is certainly really weird, but the idea isn't completely witchcraft.
Alright, gather the ritual herbs and the young virgin woman, I'll get Satan.
[QUOTE=LtKyle2;50826175]Be honest who the fuck wouldn't do that. If I was a billionaire extending my lifespan would be just one of the crazy shit I'd have in mind.[/QUOTE] I'd rather spend billions on creating a fully functional cybornetic body and the ability to transfer my consciousness to a synthetic brain.
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