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Plasma from Young Pigs Halves Old Rats’ Epigenetic Age. Exosomes seem to function across species. Exosomes taken from pig plasma reduced "epigenetic" age of rats by more than 50%. (www.lifespan.io)
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[–] Bizarroland@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Sounds like they've figured out how to make adrenochrome out of pigs kind of like they figured out how to make insulin out of pigs.

Not that Adrenochrome is actually a thing but it's the closest analog to the concept that I'm aware of

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

And pig hearts!

Funny anecdote, but I have a pet pig, and his behavior/brain/whatever seems as close to humans as any animal I've been around.

He seems very close to acting like a 3-4 year old toddler. Much more so than any dog or cat, less so than a primate I'm sure.

Anyhow, I love pigs, but I'm down for growing them for hearts.