Rich People Are Now Buying Blood Transfusions From Teenagers

THERE IS A START-UP IN SILICONE
VALLEY OFFERING $8000 BLOOD
TRANSFUSIONS FROM TEENAGERS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ATTEMPTING TO
FIGHT DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH AGING.
THE NAME OF THE GROUP IS
AMBROSIA, WHICH SOUNDS DELICIOUS.
AMBROSIA IS LIKE A SALAD RIGHT?
>> IS WITH THE GODS WOULD FEAST ON IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, NECTAR
AND AMBROSIA.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY IT SOUNDS LIKE A DEVIOUS ORGANIZATION THAT
WOULD BE PAYING FOR THE BLOOD OF TEENAGERS.
BLOOD SACRIFICE
RITUALS.
AND A LOT OF ANIMAL MASKS.
>>MOST OF THE CLIENTS HAVE BEEN OF RETIREMENT AGE.
THEY DON'T
PROMISE TO STOP THE SIGNS OF AGING.
BUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO
IS DIG DEEPER INTO WHETHER OR NOT THESE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS CAN
HELP FIGHT DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH AGING.
THAT IS MY ISSUE, IF
PEOPLE ARE DONATING BLOOD THEY
ARE DOING SO TO SAVE LIVES.
IN THIS CASE THEY MIGHT FIND THAT
THIS COULD PREVENT DISEASES AND SAVE LIVES, BUT AT THE MOMENT
THE SCIENCE IS NOT THERE.
I DO WORRY IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A
MISUSE OF RESOURCES.
>>SPEAK FOR YOURSELF.
>>THEY ARE MAKING FUN OF PETER THIEL WHO HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS
PUBLICLY.
IS SO FUNNY TO ME THAT AMBROSIA HAD TO MAKE A STATEMENT
SAYING THAT THEY CAN NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY WHETHER OR NOT
PETER THIEL IS A CUSTOMER.
WHAT IS FUNNY TO ME IS THAT THIS HIGH
SCHOOL TEENAGER IS NOT GETTING THE ADVANTAGES, BUT DONATING HIS
BLOOD THINKING THIS WILL SAVE
LIVES.
IS HE GOING TO LAUNCH AN ATTACK AT US?
>> IF THEY WEREN'T USING PRECIOUS RESOURCES AND THEY WERE
OPEN AND HONEST, THEN I WOULD TRY IT.
>>YOU WOULD TRY GETTING YOUNGBLOOD?
>>100%.
IT COULDN'T HURT.
>>THE REASONS OR IS IT COULD.
BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS ARE NOT EASY, THERE IS RISK INVOLVED?
>>YOU CAN GET ALLERGIES AND FLAREUPS, OR EVEN DIE.
>>YES.
SOMETIMES THEY JUST GIVE THE WRONG BLOOD.
>> I DON'T THINK IT EXCEEDS PLACEBO.
BASICALLY YOU HAVE
PEOPLE WILLING TO SPEND $8000
FOR A CURE, AND THEY ANECDOTALLY SAID THEY FEEL BETTER AFTER.
>>HOW ARE THEY ACQUIRING THE BLOOD FROM THE BLOOD BANKS IS
THE REAL QUESTION.
>>THEY BUY IT.
>> I'M CERTAIN, AT LEAST IN TURKEY, IF YOU ARE UNDERGOING
THIS INTENSE PROCEDURE ñ MY FATHER WENT UNDER ONE WHERE IT
REQUIRED A LOT OF LITERS OF
BLOOD ñ HE HAD TO THEN GET OTHER PEOPLE TO DONATE BLOOD OF
SIMILAR VOLUME BEFORE HE COULD
UNDERGO THIS PROCEDURE.
BLOOD IS A VERY SCARCE RESOURCE.
IT IS
CRAZY TO ME THAT YOU CAN JUST ñ BUY IT.
>> I SHOULD CHARGE A PREMIUM FOR, IF I AM 22.
THEY ARE COMING
TO ME FOR MY KIND OF BLOOD BECAUSE IT IS VALUABLE FOR THESE
PEOPLE.
>>THEY WANT TEENAGERS VOTE.
>> I WOULD WANT TO GET PAID MORE FOR IT BECAUSE IT IS A HIGHER
VALUE COMMODITY THAN THE BLOOD
OF AN OLDER PERSON.
>> ARE THEY JUST A MEDIATOR OR DO THEY TAKE A 10% COMMISSION?
>> THEY SHOULD HAVE A HARVEST OF DONORS.
>> I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED IF THERE WAS MORE TRANSPARENCY.
>>HAVING SAID ALL OF THIS THERE IS ONE THING I DO ñ THEY DON'T
TREAT OLD AGE IS A DISEASE.
I LIKE THAT THIS COMPANY HAS A
DIFFERENT OUTLOOK ON IT.
THERE ARE STEM CELL TREATMENTS THAT
OFFSET THE EFFECTS OF AGING AND WEAR AND TEAR THERE BEING
ADVANCED ALL THE TIME.
>> IF IT DOESN'T HURT PEOPLE'S LIVES-
>>PEOPLE
TAKE PART IN PHARMACEUTICAL TESTING
AND STUFF.
>> I WAS CONFUSED AS TO WHY THIS WAS LEGAL IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>>IT SEEMS SUPER CREEPY IF THEY DO GET IT FROM BLOOD BANKS.
IT
REALLY CREEPS ME OUT THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE BLOOD
FROM PEOPLE AND PUT IN YOUR
BODY.
AND LITERALLY IT IS NOT PROVEN TO BE A GOOD REASON FOR IT.
>>PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO TRY ANYTHING, SO IT IS WHAT IT IS
THAT IS PEOPLE WITH MONEY.

Rich People Are Now Buying Blood Transfusions From Teenagers

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