This 45-year-old biotech CEO spends $2 million a year to turn 18 again

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Current Affairs | 29-Jan-2023
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Bryan Johnson is a California-based biotech CEO who is 45 and 18 years old... No, really. The entrepreneur, with a team of 30 doctors, is on a mission to biohack young people by spending more than $2 million (around ₹16 crore) per year. According to a Bloomberg report, the experimental program titled Project Blueprint consists of a strict vegan diet of 1,977 calories a day, high-intensity exercise, regular bedtimes, regular ultrasounds, MRIs, colonoscopies and blood tests so that Johnson has the health of an 18 year old. -ancient. He even has a machine to monitor the number of nocturnal erections, which would be similar to that of a teenager. Her day starts with two dozen supplements and a green juice with creatine and collagen peptides, and tracking changes in her body fat, heart rate, and blood sugar. She also wears blue-light-blocking glasses, which filter out brain-stimulating blue rays from electronic devices, two hours before she goes to bed. Efforts to stop time have yielded early results, with doctors saying the software CEO now has the heart of a 37-year-old, the skin of a 28-year-old and the lung capacity of an 18-year-old. . of age, inflammation of the gums of a 17-year-old and a record decrease of at least 5 years in total.

Led by Oliver Zolman, a 29-year-old doctor who aims to prove that humans can reduce the medical age of their organs by 25%, he charges $1,000 an hour for Johnson's medical tests.

The CEO of KernelCo, a startup that makes $50,000 apiece from headphones that analyze brain signals, has also launched a website called Rejuvenation Olympics that ranks 1,750 people who are striving to reverse their age, with Johnson at the helm.

At the age of thirty, after selling his company Braintree Payment Solutions to EBay for $800 million, his physical and mental health deteriorated due to his stressful lifestyle. He was inspired to pursue youth after battling depression and obesity. Now he longs for all his major organs, including his brain, liver, kidneys, teeth, penis, and rectum, to be as healthy as a teenager's.

Multimedia journalist at Hindustan Times. He covers news from India, the world, business and technology with an eye for human interest stories rooted in gender and culture. ...See details

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