To live forever and become immortal is the dream of one Russian scientist and now he's injected himself with a 3.5-million-year-old virus to see if it is indeed an "eternal life" formula.
The head of the Geocryology Department at Moscow State University, Anatoli Brouchkov, 58, said that after infusing his blood with the primordial bacteria his vitality and energy levels are elevated.
And, according to the scientist, the DNA embedded within the virus' genes may slow the aging process and possibly cure it.
In an interview with Russia TV, Brouchkov claimed, "I started to work longer. I've never had the flu for the last two years."
Despite the apparent success of the bacterial injection, he conceded that further experiments are needed.
Brouchkov stressed that "we have to work out how this bacteria prevents aging. I think that is the way this science should develop," noting that researchers must determine how the bacteria has stayed alive after all these years as well as how it can be used for our own benefits.
First discovered in 2009 in Siberia, the Bacillius F was found beneath the permafrost of the Russian wasteland.
"After successful experiments on mice and fruit flies, I thought it would be interesting to try the inactivated bacterial culture," he told he told The Siberian Times.
"If we can find the mechanism how that bacteria stays alive, and then we probably will be able to find the cure to prolong our own life," Brouchkov said.
----Siberian Times
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