Infusing young blood can reverse ageing

London: It sounds like the stuff of vampire movies, but scientists have shown that an infusion of young blood can reverse signs of ageing, The Independent reported.

Researchers have found that the blood of young mice has the ability to restore mental capabilities in old mice.If the same holds true for humans, it could pave way for new therapeutic approaches to treating dementias such as Alzheimer’s disease, said researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine.

In the study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, the researchers used sophisticated techniques to pin down numerous important molecular, neuroanatomical and neurophysiological changes in the brains of old mice that shared the blood of young mice.

The scientists also compared older mice’s performance on standard laboratory tests of spatial memory after these mice had received infusions of blood plasma.