Ambrosia: the startup harvesting the blood of the young

The notion has been parodied on TV, but a real company is offering transfusions of teenager's plasma to reinvigorate older people. At $8,000, it's a bit of a bloodsucker

What we now call "intergenerational fairness" has suffered a lot lately, and it's not about to be improved by the news that the Baby Boomers are sucking the blood of the young. Although, in fairness, they are only after the plasma.

In Monterey, California, a new startup has emerged, offering transfusions of human plasma: 1.5 litres a time, pumped in across two days, harvested uniquely from young adults.