Blood Magic
Futuristic Science or Fabled Fountain of Youth?
Blood is essential to human life. In medicine, blood transfusions are a significant part of many hospital surgical operations. Before medicine, The ancients understood the necessity of blood for life and attributed blood and life a great deal of symbolic meaning. Blood played key roles in religious and societal rituals. Its purported ‘magical’ properties have stood the test of time.
In fiction, vampires drinking blood was a means of ‘immortality.’ Today, some are convinced that blood may be a key to longevity, and they’re ready to give vampires a run for their money.
Blood and Longevity — Ambrosia
Ambrosia was a research start-up company. Jesse Karamazin, its founder and CEO, claims that replacing old blood with young blood will help rejuvenate the body, fight off diseases, and extend one’s life expectancy.
This therapy is expensive. Before closing their doors, a liter of “young” plasma costs around $8000.
The company hit the news in 2017 in a Popular Mechanics article.
