Posted on 06/13/2026 7:24:33 AM PDT by dennisw
From the Kardashians to famed biohacker Bryan Johnson, more and more famous faces are now turning to stem cell treatments to fight Father Time.
Since many of these procedures have yet to be FDA-approved, celebrities are flying abroad for the pricey treatments, dubbed 'regenerative medicine', which can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
Mario Lopez, 52, recently traveled to the Proactive Longevity clinic in Cabo San Lucas for stem cell therapy with board-certified surgeon Dr. John Layke.
Lopez, who has been on television since he was a pre-teen, barely seems to have aged since his Saved By The Bell days.
While he has always followed a strict diet and exercise regimen, regenerative medicine is now becoming part of his regimen.
The Access Hollywood host had a handful of treatments at the Cabo clinic to help with both anti-aging and the joint and muscle pain that's been caused by injuries from his daily martial arts workouts.
'I don't want to stop what I'm doing, but I'm just tired of having surgeries and I don't want to get hurt any more,' he said.
Lopez started with therapeutic plasma exchange to rejuvenate his body's plasma, along with NK cell therapy for his immune system and stem cell infusions to help with tissue repair and inflammation.
For the plasma exchange procedure, a doctor removes blood from the body using a filtration system, and then separates and removes the plasma, which they say may contain harmful substances linked to plaque buildup, autoimmune conditions, arthritis, cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders.
'Medicine has come a long way,' Lopez explained.
'I think now, with AI and with the way medicine is moving at such a rapid pace, if you really make your health a top priority there's no reason why you can't live longer and look better,' he continued.
Despite undergoing these cutting-edge treatments, Lopez insists that he still 'eats right and trains right'.
'The biggest flex a guy can have as he gets older is being in shape and taking care of yourself, because your body really is a billboard of your habits and it requires a lot of discipline,' he said.
Lopez also addressed people's 'concerns' about travelling outside of the United States for treatment, as stem cell procedures are either heavily regulated or outright banned by the US Food and Drug Administration.
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I had a plant manager that got cancer and he went to Mexico also. I think he did the laetrile but I know he did the blood exchange with a goat. His blood is injected into a goat and the retrieved and reinjected into him. Of course he died soon after.
I remember Carly Simon singing, “Your so Vain”.
Two words, “Steve McQueen”
More like infamous. Last pics of this guy looked awful. I’ve seen 75 yr old men who look healthier at the golf course.
“I work out 5 days a week so having something to help with recovery, inflammation and overall wellness, is next level. Not to mention the bonus of anti-aging (maybe my favorite perk),’ Khloe gushed in an Instagram post.”
Can stem cells overcome inflammation caused by the buckets of silicone floating around her body?
Multi-Omics Analysis Reveals Biomarkers That Contribute to Biological Age Rejuvenation in Response to Single-Blinded Randomized Placebo-Controlled Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.70103?msockid=249c12fa1c4963c93264058d1d2d6296
“epigenetic clocks”
Yep. She posted a video about her visit there.
“PhenoAge was trained on a composite of nine standard clinical biomarkers associated with biological aging: albumin, creatinine, glucose, C-reactive protein, lymphocyte percentage, mean corpuscular volume, red cell distribution width, alkaline phosphatase, and white blood cell count.”
“Developed from DNAm data linked to time-to-death outcomes, GrimAge is currently the strongest predictor of all-cause mortality available through an epigenetic test. It incorporates plasma protein surrogates alongside methylation data”
“Organ-specific clocks are now available through platforms like TruDiagnostic’s TruAge COMPLETE panel, which can identify which physiological systems are aging most rapidly and direct clinical intervention accordingly.”
“The clock tells you what is happening. A physician who understands longevity medicine can tell you why it is happening and what to do about it.”
“NAD+ is a coenzyme central to cellular energy production, DNA repair, and sirtuin pathway activation. NAD+ levels decline measurably with age and under conditions of metabolic stress, chronic inflammation, and sleep disruption.”
https://www.agemd.com/insights/longevity/biological-age-epigenetic-clocks-2026
NOTE: I personally believe some treatments might increase the risk of cancer. I won’t take hormone supplements.
Some things that might slow us down might also slow the Grim Reaper.
WIKI
In Greece, bloodletting was in use in the 5th century BC during the lifetime of Hippocrates, who mentions this practice but generally relied on dietary techniques. Erasistratus, however, theorized that many diseases were caused by plethoras, or overabundances, in the blood and advised that these plethoras be treated, initially, by exercise, sweating, reduced food intake, and vomiting. But his student Herophilus supported bloodletting. A contemporary Greek physician, Archagathus, one of the first to practice in Rome, also believed in the value of bloodletting.”
Galen created a complex system of how much blood should be removed based on the patient’s age, constitution, the season, the weather and the place....He linked different blood vessels with different organs, according to their supposed drainage. For example, the vein in the right hand would be let for liver problems and the vein in the left hand for problems with the spleen. The more severe the disease, the more blood would be let. Fevers required copious amounts of bloodletting.
the introduction of scientific medicine, la méthode numérique, allowed Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis to demonstrate that phlebotomy was entirely ineffective in the treatment of pneumonia and various fevers in the 1830s.
Leeches became especially popular in the early 19th century. In the 1830s, the French imported about 40 million leeches a year for medical purposes
Bloodletting was also popular in the young United States of America, where Benjamin Rush (a signatory of the Declaration of Independence) saw the state of the arteries as the key to disease, recommending levels of bloodletting that were high even for the time. George Washington asked to be bled heavily after he developed a throat infection from weather exposure. Within a ten-hour period, a total of 124–126 ounces (3.75 liters) of blood was withdrawn prior to his death from a throat infection in 1799.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting
I was wondering if anyone remembered Laetrile. Big thing in the 70’s.
Hmmm... Exchanging blood?
Having been born during FDR’s first year as President, I think I’ll keep the blood I have remaining for at least 10-15 more years...
Works for me, so far...
“From the Kardashians to famed biohacker Bryan Johnson, more and more famous faces are now turning to stem cell treatments to fight Father Time.” Vanity much?
As I recall, it came from asbestos exposure as a young man.
Some people get “stem cell treatments” naturally.
That’s why there are any 90 and 100-year-olds!
I do.
Laetrile is a very different therapy that the rejuvenation therapies used today.
We are very close to ending joint replacements with joint rejuvenation with our own stem cells.
I refuse to give up my leech therapy.
Who knows why a cell evolves past all the natural protections built in. Every multi celluar form of life gets cancer, even plants. Plants survive because their cells can’t move around like they can in an animal.
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