A California biohacking guru who swapped blood with his teenage son as an anti-aging treatment has scrapped the ‘blood boy’ project because ‘no benefits were detected.’
Bryan Johnson, 45, a tech mogul who sold his business Braintree Venmo to PayPal for $800 million nearly 10 years ago, enlisted his 17-year-old son Talmage and 70-year-old father Richard two months ago for a tri-generational blood swapping treatment to achieve TK.
Last week, Mr Johnson tweeted that he, his son, and his father had one liter of blood drained. Talmage’s plasma was fed into Mr Johnson’s veins, while Mr Johnson’s plasma was injected into Richard.
However, imaging and biomarker testing showed there was no benefit in the exchange with his son.
‘Young plasma exchange may be beneficial for biologically older populations or certain conditions. Does not in my case stack benefit on top of my existing interventions,’ Mr Johnson said.
‘Alternative methods of plasma exchange or young plasma fractions hold promise.’
He said Richard’s results from the experiment, dubbed Project Blueprint, are still pending.
Mr Johnson has spent $2 million a year to biologically become 18 again.
His bizarre routine includes gobbling down 80 vitamins and minerals a day, eating 70 pounds of pureed vegetables a month, working out for an hour with 25 different exercises.
He also eats a strict 1,977-calorie diet and has taken more than 33,000 images of the inside of his bowels.
A team of more than 30 doctors routinely measure his blood, heart, liver, kidneys, brain, blood vessels, and sexual health.
He claims he now has the heart of a 37-year-old, the skin of a 28-year-old, and the fitness of an 18-year-old.
‘I currently have no plans to die,’ he previously said.
Mr Johnson’s quest for eternal youth began after a messy divorce with the mother of his three children. He found himself 60 pounds overweight, depressed to the point of having suicidal thoughts, and suffering from violent mood swings.
