A startup claims it’s found a drug to make your blood young
Startup Generation Lab is marketing an injectable drug treatment that claims to reverse aging, though the company has been criticized for its lack of transparency regarding the drug's ingredients. The author notes the scientific interest in parabiosis research while remaining skeptical of the company's marketing tactics.
Why it matters
The rise of 'longevity influencers' and unregulated anti-aging treatments poses significant health risks and highlights the need for scientific rigor in the wellness industry.
Generation Lab claims its drug combo can “stop the spread of aging” around the body. And it’s looking for influencers to give it a try.
I knew I’d officially become a ‘longevity influencer’ this month when a company called Generation Lab reached out to offer me the chance to write about—and even receive—their new rejuvenation treatment, an injectable combination of two existing drugs which they call 1-Generation.
This wasn’t just any antiaging treatment, either. A company fact sheet says that it “blocks the systemic spread of aging in the bloodstream, reawakens the body’s own repair mechanism and restores health and youth to multiple tissues.”
The exclusive offer to join a “private cohort” receiving access to the treatment was being “extended to a limited number of people whose judgment on the science we trust, under close physician supervision.”
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