No seriously!
Just a few caveats: by "drink" I mean "inject", by "babies" I mean "umbilical cord", and by "your" I mean "rats".
(Oh, cut me some slack. How often does one get the chance to report science news in a death metal context?)
Hard details after the jump.
Researchers at the University of South Florida reported that in trials with aged lab rats, "human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells (UCBMC) given peripherally, by an intravenous injection" caused improvements in the hippocampus and a rejuvenation of neural stem cells.
Neurogenesis decreases with age, and the researchers think that UCBMC's help decrease inflammation, which usually prevents adequate proliferation of neural stem cells.
(Doesn't go as well with screaming guitars, but, what can you do.)
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