In 2015, the American businesswoman Liz Parrish He decided to break all the rules and test an anti-aging gene therapy that had only been tested on rodents. Since it was not legal in the United States, she traveled to Colombia, willing to become a guinea pig and skip all the safety stages required for any drug. She assures that she did it because she was looking for a curative medicine for her son’s illness, but she also does not hide that the treatment had developed him. BioVivahis own biotechnology company with which he aspires to gain a foothold in the promising aging business.
His youthful cocktail contained telomerase and follistatin. The objective of telomerase was to ensure that telomeres, the protective layer at the ends of chromosomes, did not shorten because they are reduced with each cell division and promote aging. The objective of follistatin was to promote an increase in muscle mass and a reduction in fat.
Since then, Parrish has been a celebrity wherever he goes, such as at the latest international longevity congress, held this week in Alicante. He maintains that his treatment keeps him young, inside and out, to the point of turning 54 and looking as if he were in his thirties. She assures ABC that she is not the only one and that there are already many people undergoing these therapies, in the Bahamas and Honduras. “We must move governments to make these therapies affordable, we cannot allow people to grow old and abandon their jobs,” he proclaims.
Besides your aesthetic appearance, have you noticed any other changes or improvements in your body with gene therapy?
Yes, absolutely, since most of these therapies work on the entire body. I think it’s fantastic: my muscles are stronger, my organs are better and all performance markers have improved. I feel like there is no pain, healthier and stronger through the whole process and we have verified those markers, we have a peer reviewed paper on my telomere length, all the data from my old body markers work as well or at some cases better than before treatment. And to be good on the outside, you have to be good on the inside. In reality, it is more important that you look good on the inside for all your organs to function, but your skin is a protective organ and you need it to function as well.
Do you feel no side effects? What medical checkups do you perform?
Aside from blood markers and biological aging tests, I also have to have full-body MRIs to make sure there are no tumors growing (telomere treatments could favor them). But everything inside and outside of me looks good, so I get extensive tests done regularly. We look for long-term data, to have a broader picture.
Parrish, during his speech at the Alicante congress
There are those who attribute his good appearance to his time at aesthetic clinics. Has any touch-up been done?
I have completed four gene therapies and there are literally people who have been able to go as far as checking my hair to make sure I don’t have cosmetic surgery scars. There aren’t any, of course. I haven’t had Botox either.
Do you know anyone else who has followed this type of treatment?
Yes, there are a lot of people now and prices are going down. My company cannot offer these therapies, but we work with other medical advice companies that can. And the more people are treated, the more prices drop. If we can move governments to approve these therapies, it would be affordable.
Are they made in different countries?
The Bahamas have just passed laws to be able to carry out gene therapy, Honduras too, there are many countries in the Southeast of Central America that allow its use.
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