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Letter: Young blood

Published 21 November 2012

From Paul Tighe

Your article on transfusions of blood from young donors possibly reversing senility (20 October, p 10) sparked a long-forgotten memory of Alexander Bogdanov, an early 20th-century Russian experimentalist who made radical claims for the effects of transfusion. His claims have been viewed sceptically, but could be worth revisiting.

Dublin, Ireland

Issue no. 2892 published 24 November 2012

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