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Is the FDA anti-anti-aging?
Roey
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The FDA has advised this week against using young people's blood in an attempt to halt aging.
See - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-19/beware-of-buying-young-people-s-blood-to-prevent-aging-fda-says
According to the FDA - “There is no proven clinical benefit of infusion of plasma from young donors to cure, mitigate, treat or prevent these conditions, and there are risks associated with the use of any plasma product.”
But I wonder. The risks associated with the use of plasma products are pretty negligible (correct me if I'm wrong!) if the people handling the plasma transfusion are doing it professionally and after conducting rigorous tests on the plasma samples to make sure there are no health risks involved. Could it be that as Yoav Medan has insinuated before, the FDA is basically trying to defend its turf with not much of a reasons?
This sounds like conspiratorial thinking, and I am well aware of the FDA's important role in authorizing treatments. It's obviously not a black-and-white issue, so I would love to hear what you all think of the subject.
See - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-19/beware-of-buying-young-people-s-blood-to-prevent-aging-fda-says
According to the FDA - “There is no proven clinical benefit of infusion of plasma from young donors to cure, mitigate, treat or prevent these conditions, and there are risks associated with the use of any plasma product.”
But I wonder. The risks associated with the use of plasma products are pretty negligible (correct me if I'm wrong!) if the people handling the plasma transfusion are doing it professionally and after conducting rigorous tests on the plasma samples to make sure there are no health risks involved. Could it be that as Yoav Medan has insinuated before, the FDA is basically trying to defend its turf with not much of a reasons?
This sounds like conspiratorial thinking, and I am well aware of the FDA's important role in authorizing treatments. It's obviously not a black-and-white issue, so I would love to hear what you all think of the subject.
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The FDA was not against fecal transplant, which is not really that different conceptually, probably because it cannot be DIY adminstrated, or at least "conveniently"....
It seems to me that once there is any intrusion to the body, the FDA stands up on its hind legs and shoos everybody away from its territory.