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Anatoli Brouchkov, a controversial Russian scientist, recently made headlines after injecting himself with a 3.5 million-year-old bacteria that can potentially improve the longevity of humans.
Brouchkov, head of the Geocryology Department at Moscow State University, claims that he is now stronger and never gets ill.
Speaking to Siberian times, Brouchkov said, “I started to work longer, I’ve never had the flu for the last two years.”
The eternal life bacteria named Bacillus f. was discovered by Brouchkov in the Siberian permafrost in 2009. Apparently, it has remained alive for millions of years.
After scientists successfully tested it on mice, fruit flies, and human blood cells, Brouchkov decided to be a guinea pig for the experiment.
“After successful experiments on mice and fruit flies, I thought it would be interesting to try the inactivated bacterial culture,” Brouchkov said.
Brouchkov admitted that he had no idea how the bacteria works. According to him, just like aspirin, humans don’t understand its mechanism but we see its effect.
In an interview with RT, he said, “If we can find how the bacteria stay alive, we probably would be able to find a tool to extend our own lives.”
Moreover, Brouchkov disclosed that the “eternal bacteria” may hold the key to fertility as it allows older female mice to reproduce even after they’ve lost their capability to do so.
