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    Can Young Blood Curb the Effects of Ageing?

    There's a familiar cliché — dreaded by the veterans of any occupation -- that "it's time for new blood." Now it turns out there may be something to it. The blood of young mice injected into the streams of old mice seems to reverse some effects of ageing.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    There's a familiar cliché — dreaded by the veterans of any occupation -- that "it's time for new blood." Now it turns out there may be something to it. The blood of young mice injected into the streams of old mice seems to reverse some effects of ageing. We hear about the latest research and what it might mean for humans from Jocelyn Kaiser, staff writer for Science Magazine, and Ronald Kohanski, Deputy Director of the Division of Ageing Biology at the National Institute on Ageing, which is part of the National Institutes of Health.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Mike Kessler

      freelance journalist

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Caitlin Shamberg

      KCRW

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      Jocelyn Kaiser

      Science Magazine

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      Ronald Kohanski

      National Institute on Ageing

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    The Death Penalty Faces Another Trial
    1. 0:00High Court Approves of Public Prayer
    2. 8:17The Death Penalty Faces Another Trial
    3. 43:10Can Young Blood Curb the Effects of Ageing?You’re reading this
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