parabiosis
noun
para·bi·o·sis
ˌper-ə-(ˌ)bī-ˈō-səs 
-bē-,
ˌpa-rə-
1
: reversible suspension of obvious vital activities
2
: anatomical and physiological union of two organisms
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Two more scientists at Stanford, Tony Wyss-Coray and Saul Villeda, then extended those findings to the brain, reporting that young blood transmitted via parabiosis enhanced the production of new neurons, a process that is usually in decline in old age.
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Elie Dolgin, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2021
The group then surgically joined the healthy mice with the diseased mice, a technique called parabiosis, so that the two would share blood supplies anywhere from two months to a year.
—Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2017
As a result of the procedure, which is known as heterochronic parabiosis, the biological age of the younger mice was increased after the surgery and restored following surgical detachment.
—L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 21 Apr. 2023
Old Becomes New To test the effects of young blood, scientists surgically linked the circulatory systems of young mice and old mice together through a procedure known as parabiosis.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2015
Dystopian visions of blood farms aside, parabiosis and the promise of young blood have quite a ways to go.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2017
In recent years, the parabiosis field has grown quarrelsome.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
After that paper, Rando turned back to parabiosis, and Chang began work on a cream to make skin look decades younger.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
The rodent-conjoining technique, known as parabiosis, then fell out of favor for many years.
—Elie Dolgin, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2021
Elie Dolgin, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2021
The group then surgically joined the healthy mice with the diseased mice, a technique called parabiosis, so that the two would share blood supplies anywhere from two months to a year.
—Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2017
As a result of the procedure, which is known as heterochronic parabiosis, the biological age of the younger mice was increased after the surgery and restored following surgical detachment.
—L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 21 Apr. 2023
Old Becomes New To test the effects of young blood, scientists surgically linked the circulatory systems of young mice and old mice together through a procedure known as parabiosis.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2015
Dystopian visions of blood farms aside, parabiosis and the promise of young blood have quite a ways to go.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2017
In recent years, the parabiosis field has grown quarrelsome.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
After that paper, Rando turned back to parabiosis, and Chang began work on a cream to make skin look decades younger.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
The rodent-conjoining technique, known as parabiosis, then fell out of favor for many years.
—Elie Dolgin, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2021
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parabiosis
noun
para·bi·o·sis
ˌpar-ə-(ˌ)bī-ˈō-səs, -bē-
plural parabioses
-ˌsēz
: the anatomical and physiological union of two organisms either natural (as in conjoined twins) or artificially produced
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