Yes! Young blood DOES seem to have some benefits but...it's more complicated than that. Get 30 days of UNLIMITED documentaries at CuriosityStream for FREE at https://curiositystream.com/medlife, with the promocode “medlife". Seriously, I wouldn't recommend it unless I thought it was worth your time - check out their library of science, arts, history and more. ------------ More Medlife Crisis: http://www.medlifecrisis.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/medcrisis https://www.facebook.com/Medlifecrisis https://www.instagram.com/medcrisis ------------ I use the story of Ambrosia, the Silicon Valley startup that promised the fountain of youth in the form of a transfusion, to illustrate more tips and tricks of the pseudoscientific trade. Heterochronic parabiosis has some fascinating effects, but like with so much quackery, a tiny kernel of truth is extrapolated into something completely fictitious. Plus this was an excuse for me to revisit Blade, Silicon Valley, Buffy, Interview with a Vampire, Sesame Street and of course the greatest of them all, Count Duckula. References: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5662775/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4082987/ https://thewinnower.com/papers/parabiosis-in-aging-research-enigmatic-youth-factor-versus-ordinary-stem-cell-transfusion-effect https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4072458/ http://stemcellassays.com/2014/08/parabiosis/