John Cleese is spending thousands on stem cell therapy – is it really the secret to anti-ageing?
by The Independent
The Independent— ‘Monty Python’ star John Cleese has revealed that he has been having stem cell treatment for decades in a bid to slow down the ageing process. Katie Rosseinsky asks the experts whether this therapy is really worth it
Drudge Report—The murky, unregulated world of anti-ageing stem cell therapy. Stem cells are the new focal point of the rich and famous with Hollywood A-listers reportedly spending tens of thousands of pounds each year on expensive therapies offered by private longevity clinics which promise to regenerate the ageing body.
The Guardian—Secret to eternal youth? John Cleese extols virtues of stem cell treatment. Therapy has remarkable medical potential but experts say private clinics making far-reaching claims operate in regulatory grey zoneStem cells have become a favoured miracle treatment among the rich and famous, with Kim Kardashian reportedly a fan of stem cell facials and Cristiano Ronaldo turning to stem cell injections after a hamstring injury.The latest to extol their benefits is the Monty Python actor John Cleese, who suggests that stem cells could hold the secret to eternal youth – or, at...
Phys.org—Study uncovers the secret of long-lived stem cells. Nothing lives forever, but compared to other cells in the body, hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are remarkably long-lived. HSCs are blood-forming cells—they give rise to rapidly dividing progenitor cells, which in turn generate hundreds of billions of cells to fulfill the daily demand of oxygen-delivering red blood cells, disease-fighting white blood cells and clot-forming platelets.