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Transfusion of brain fluid from young mice is a memory-elevating elixir for old animals
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Posted on 05/11/2022 1:45:40 PM PDT by FarCenter

For a human, one of the first signs someone is getting old is the inability to remember little things; maybe they misplace their keys, or get lost on an oft-taken route. For a laboratory mouse, it’s forgetting that when bright lights and a high-pitched buzz flood your cage, an electric zap to the foot quickly follows.

But researchers at Stanford University discovered that if you transfuse cerebrospinal fluid from a young mouse into an old one, it will recover its former powers of recall and freeze in anticipation. They also identified a protein in that cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, that penetrates into the hippocampus, where it drives improvements in memory.

The tantalizing breakthrough, published Wednesday in Nature, suggests that youthful factors circulating in the CSF, or drugs that target the same pathways, might be tapped to slow the cognitive declines of old age. Perhaps even more importantly, it shows for the first time the potential of CSF as a vehicle to get therapeutics for neurological diseases into the hard-to-reach fissures of the human brain.

“This is the first study that demonstrates real improvement in cognitive function with CSF infusion, and so that’s what makes it a real milestone,” said Maria Lehtinen, a neurologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, who was not involved in the new research. “The super-exciting direction here is that it lends support to the idea that we can harness the CSF as a therapeutic avenue for a broad range of conditions.”

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Quick, send some young mice to the White House ASAP!
1 posted on 05/11/2022 1:45:40 PM PDT by FarCenter
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To: FarCenter

Was gonna comment here, but now can’t remember what I was gonna say . . .


2 posted on 05/11/2022 1:48:35 PM PDT by tomkat ( SOTU = FUBAR )
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To: tomkat
I'm 78...I become more unsure of myself because everyone says I should be...

So until I can't remember my name and tattoo my SS on my arm...I'll play it my way.

How do you tell your kids to MYOB...I know they mean well....but I'm doing fine.

3 posted on 05/11/2022 1:52:31 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: tomkat
"Was gonna comment here, but now can’t remember what I was gonna say . . ."

When that happens to me, I go to the refrigerator and look inside. It doesn't cause me to remember what I was going to say, but I can make a sandwich.

4 posted on 05/11/2022 1:53:24 PM PDT by fini
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To: FarCenter

Where will Soros and Hillary get baby brain fluid?


5 posted on 05/11/2022 1:53:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: FarCenter

Lulz, I was literally thinking the same thing and about to post up something to that effect. GG


6 posted on 05/11/2022 1:55:24 PM PDT by cranked
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To: Sacajaweau
I'll play it my way

That's the way to do it .. just tell 'em you're not 'eccentric', you're unique!

7 posted on 05/11/2022 1:56:10 PM PDT by tomkat ( SOTU = FUBAR )
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To: fini

             
8 posted on 05/11/2022 1:56:35 PM PDT by tomkat ( SOTU = FUBAR )
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To: FarCenter

Great! Now they can add this to the list to be harvested from trafficked children. Adrenochrome and organs are old school.


9 posted on 05/11/2022 1:57:10 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: FarCenter

10 posted on 05/11/2022 2:00:14 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: BenLurkin
"Where will Soros and Hillary get baby brain fluid?"

That's why they want those baby-butchering plants kept operating 24/7.

11 posted on 05/11/2022 2:01:37 PM PDT by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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To: tomkat
Oh...but I am a little eccentric.

My favorite shirt says...

Sometimes I talk to myself. Then we both laugh and laugh.

12 posted on 05/11/2022 2:04:34 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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>”Where will Soros and Hillary get baby brain fluid?”

>>That’s why they want those baby-butchering plants kept operating 24/7.

Why kill the Golden Goose? How much can be taken without grave ill effects, and how often?

Chinese prison planners want to know.

And what is the effectiveness versus age relation?


13 posted on 05/11/2022 2:06:38 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: FarCenter

Why not do comprehensive chemical analysis on the young vs. old CSF, and see if the issue is buildup of sludge with age, similar to a car’s motor oil?


14 posted on 05/11/2022 2:32:54 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Sacajaweau
LOL that's great   :-))
15 posted on 05/11/2022 2:51:34 PM PDT by tomkat ( SOTU = FUBAR )
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To: FarCenter

Well now you know why Biden sniffing the little girls hair. He wants to check if her spinal fluid is good enough to suck like a vampire


16 posted on 05/11/2022 3:30:45 PM PDT by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: FarCenter

DC must have entire farms of youngsters to suck their life juices keeping them animated.


17 posted on 05/11/2022 3:43:13 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: FarCenter

This is just great. Libtards will be sucking the brain juice out of babies. It’s all we need.


18 posted on 05/11/2022 4:29:03 PM PDT by trailboss800
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To: FarCenter

That article creeped me out-there was a novel that came out in about 1970-71-”The Methuselah Enzyme” about old rich people stealing youth enzymes/DNA from their young spouses/partners/kids at a fancy rejuvenation spa in Europe -which eventually was fatal, of course-it was like the Hotel California for the young victims-it was a scary read-Brrrrr...


19 posted on 05/11/2022 7:09:51 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: FarCenter

“For a human, one of the first signs someone is getting old is the inability to remember little things;”

Pretty sure memory is the second thing to go... but I forget the first one.


20 posted on 05/11/2022 8:46:11 PM PDT by unlearner (Si vis pacem, para bellum. Let him who desires peace prepare for war.)
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