Can Organ Transplants Really Confer Eternal Youth? Here’s The Science.

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When Russian president Vladimir Putin visited Beijing in September 2025, he told Chinese leader Xi Jinping that repeated organ transplants might make a person "get younger" and even live to 150. The remark was widely dismissed as science fiction. Yet it coincided with genuine scientific progress. Just days earlier, researchers had identified a molecular "switch" that could reduce one of the most common complications in liver transplants, helping donated organs survive longer. That breakthrough highlights both the promise and limits of transplant medicine. While science continues to improve the odds of saving lives by replacing failing organs, the idea of...