Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman, and you're listening to Science Versus.

Today on the show, we're pitting facts against the Fountain of Youth.

As we find out, is there anything we can do or take to live a longer and healthier life?

For millennia, people have searched far and wide for the elixir of life.

The thing to keep our brains as sharp as attack and our bodies as sprightly as fuck.

It's said that Gilgamesh searched at the bottom of the sea.

rulers have sent armies to their death,

kind of ironically, on the desperate hunt

for a magic potion,

something to help us live forever.

It's like for all of human history,

we've been Indiana Jones, reaching for the grail. So close. But now it feels like the search is over.

Now scientists say they've made a breakthrough in the search for a fountain of youth.

If you're looking to increase your longevity and slow your aging, the brain, the body, everything,

you've got to check this out.

Millions of dollars are being poured into startups and research labs in the hope of finding

the secret to a long and healthy life.

And one place they're looking is in the blood of young people. This made headlines around the

globe when millionaire Brian Johnson gave it a go, getting blood plasma

transfusions from his teenage son. He even made a short doco about it. This is amazing.

A long healthy life united by the beauties of biology.

He recognizes how insane this all sounds. But could he actually be onto something? And away from Blood Boys, these days it feels

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