If organ failure is usually the last straw that breaks the human’s… well, longevity back (aka, life), then the solution should be pretty straightforward, right? Just swap out the worn-out parts.
We already have the technology to do it for many of them. Gene-edited pig organs are being tested in people, and lab-grown organs are in the works, so a no-donor-needed future is at least on the horizon. Could extending healthy life really be that easy?
Well, no. Because this spare-parts theory of aging is already playing out today. Heart transplant recipients are typically about 20 years older than the heart they receive. And there’s no sign the rest of their body gets any younger because of it.
In fact, new research hints that it works the other way around, the transplanted heart adjusts to its new owner’s age. Young hearts in older bodies clocked OLDER. I know, total buzzkill. But there’s a lot more to this longevity story than the headlines let on.
Here’s how you can REALLY make your organs young again, and you may not love the answer…
