Anatoly Brushkov, a Russian scientist and professor at Moscow State University, embarked on a bold scientific experiment involving a risk to life, writes The Telegraph.
The researcher, who in 2009 found the "immortal" bacterium Bacillus F in the ice of Yakutia, which has been living, as studies have shown, for 3.5 million years, admitted that he had introduced the ancient microorganism into his body.
The scientist said that after the injection of "ageless bacteria" he feels great. “It seems to me that after that I stopped getting tired, became able to work much longer, I feel an unusual cheerfulness, for the last two years I have not caught a cold at all,” says the head of the Department of Geocryology.
“After successful experiments on mice and flies, I decided to inject an ancient bacterium into my body. I don’t think it’s dangerous, because due to the thawing of the permafrost, these ancient cells penetrate the water, from where they naturally enter the organisms of local residents,”the scientist added. At the same time, Brushkov noted that Yakutia is considered one of the centers of longevity. It is possible that this is somehow related to the bacterium Bacillus F.
Earlier it was reported that scientists found the "eternal" bacteria in the burial places of mammoths in the permafrost layer in Yakutia. The microorganism, which is several million years old, has proven to be extremely tenacious. As scientists have found out, it does not die when boiled and is capable of multiplying even in an alcoholic solution.
The genome of these bacteria allows them to defend themselves against external influences, which the cells of the human body cannot do. How this happens, scientists do not yet know. Experiments on mice and plants have shown that Bacillus F is able to significantly prolong the life and strengthen the immunity of experimental rodents.
