“The fountain of youth might not be made of water after all.

“Three new studies describe how the blood of young mice may help rejuvenate the brains and muscle tissues of older mice. For now, it has only been tried in rodents, but this line of research might one day lead to therapies for medical conditions often found in aging humans.

“‘It’s really exciting,’ said Amy Wagers of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, senior author of one of the studies published in the journal Science. ‘It says there’s a coordination of signals through the blood system that’s affecting aging in many different organs.’

“Advances in this line of research raises the possibility of a single treatment for conditions such as cardiac disease, neurodegeneration and muscle wasting, Wagers said.”

In this clip from The Young Turks, Ana Kasparian, Jayar Jackson and John Iadarola discuss the possible benefits to this research and its application to humans.

For more, read the CNN story by Elizabeth Landau here: http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/05/health/young-blood-mice-aging/