- New York Post
VIVA – A man who is also a tech billionaire spends US$ 2 million or IDR 29 billion a year to stay young forever, and now uses his teenage son into his personal "blood draw".
Bryan Johnson, 45, recently recruited his 17-year-old son, Talmage, and his 70-year-old father, Richard, to join him in a trigenerational-blood exchange, as reported by Bloomberg.
In April, the trio visited Resurgence Wellness, a futuristic-looking medical spa in Arlington, Texas. Talmage Johnson got a liter of his blood removed about a fifth of the blood in his entire body and separated into parts before the plasma was reinfused into his father.
Bryan Johnson then donated a liter of blood products to his 70-year-old father, and no one donated blood back to the 17-year-old.
One can only speculate about how Johnson pitched the idea to his kin, who seemed to be up for the task.
Bryan Johnson (45) dan sang anak Talmage (17)
- New York Post
This isn't the first time Bryan Johnson has made headlines with wild antiaging ideas, though as far as we know, it is the first time he is brought his son, who is not old enough to buy a pack of cigarettes, into his theories.
Johnson made his fortune as the founder of Braintree, a web and mobile payment company that acquired Venmo and was later sold to PayPal.
According to a Bloomberg Businessweek article, Johnson's newest venture, "Project Blueprint," involves doing everything possible to reverse the aging process.
This includes following strict dietary guidelines, a rigid schedule for sleep and exercise, frequent medical exams, and following the advice of a 29-year-old doctor who finished medical school right before the pandemic.
To top it off, it appears his quest to stay young now also involves infusions of "young blood” – a practice that is so far scientifically unproven, and which the FDA does not recommend.
Some studies in rodents have suggested that older mice that share blood and organs with their younger counterparts may experience a reverse-aging effect, though these studies are also controversial.
But there is no evidence to suggest that such an exchange would work in humans, and researchers have previously told Insider that the practice could have dangerous side effects, such as a strong immune reaction.
The entrepreneur had visited the wellness clinic several times to receive blood plasma from a young, anonymous donor whose health data was screened before deciding to get blood from his son instead.
