FDA Cracks Down on Unauthorized Use of Plasma Treatments for Aging, Other Illnesses
In the seventeenth century, Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory bathed in the blood of young women she murdered in order to sustain her beauty. Blood, albeit more freely given, continues to be an attractive tool for some who want to stave off the effects of age.
Individuals have been using plasma infusions from young donors as a way to maintain a young and healthy look, but now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning against the practice.
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