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Hope for immortality? Scientist injects primeval bacteria
A Russian scientist injected himself with a 3.5-million-year-old bacterium from Siberian permafrost. According to his own information, he was thus healthier and more active. This could be a first step to immortality.
Desire for a long life
The desire for a long - healthy - life probably have all the people in the world. Often, the idea of eternal life is also considered. In fact, on average, people around the world are getting older and older. The life expectancy of Germans is at a record level. A US scientist recently reported a theory that human life expectancy may increase tenfold. A Russian researcher now believes that primeval bacteria can even help eternal life.
With prehistoric bacteria from the permafrost, a Russian researcher performs experiments on himself. (Image: kichigin19 / fotolia.com) Resistant to flu because of bacteria
The Russian scientist and head of the Department of Geocryology at the Moscow State University Anatoly Brouchkov injected himself with the DNA of 3.5 million year old bacteria found in Siberian permafrost in 2009. By self-injection of the bacteria, he claims to have become "gripper-resistant and more active". Compared to RT, the researcher said he started working longer and had no flu in the past two years.
Mice aged slower in the test
It has been reported that the effects of bacteria called "Bacillus F" have already been tested on human blood cells, plant cultures and mice. It showed that mice infected with the bacteria not only age slower, but can still get young into old age. "If we find the mechanism that enables the bacterium to stay alive, we can probably find a way to extend our own lives."
Further experiments needed
The results of the investigations apparently convinced Brouchkow so much that he simply splashed the bacteria himself. He told the Siberian Times: "The Siberian frost is thawing and the bacteria are getting into the water. The local population, the Yakuts, receive them and seem to live longer than many other nations. Therefore, there was no danger for me.
"More experiments are needed because we do not know exactly how the bacteria will work, but perhaps this is the first step towards immortality. (Ad)