Liz Parrish , the woman who has a birthday after gene therapy: “I haven’t had Botox or any cosmetic work done”
She is 53 years old but claims to enjoy a biological age of 25 years, thanks to the experimental anti-aging treatments she has tried.
In 2015, American businesswoman Liz Parrish decided to break all the rules and try out 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 says she did it because she was looking for a cure for her son’s illness, but she also makes no secret of the fact that the treatment had been developed by BioViva, her own biotechnology company with which she hopes to make a name for herself in the promising business of ageing.
His youth cocktail contained telomerase and follistatin . Telomerase was designed to prevent telomeres, the protective layer at the ends of chromosomes, from shortening, which are reduced with each cell division and promote ageing. The aim of follistatin was to promote an increase in muscle mass and a reduction in fat.
Since then , Parrish has been a celebrity wherever she goes, such as at the latest international longevity conference held this week in Alicante . She claims that her treatment keeps her young, inside and out, to the point of being 54 years old and looking as if she were in her 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 leave their jobs ,” she proclaims.
Aside from your aesthetic appearance, have you noticed any other changes or improvements in your body with gene therapy?
Yes, absolutely, as most of these therapies work on the whole body. I think it’s fantastic – my muscles are stronger, my organs are better, and all the performance markers have improved. I feel like I’m pain-free, healthier, and stronger throughout the process, and we’ve verified those markers, we have a peer-reviewed paper on my telomere length, all the data on my old body markers are working as well or in some cases better than before the treatment. And to be good on the outside, you have to be good on the inside. It’s actually 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 that to function as well.
Do you have any side effects? What medical check-ups do you undergo?
Aside from blood markers and biological aging tests, I also have to get full-body MRIs to make sure there are no tumors growing (telomere treatments could encourage them). But everything inside and outside of me looks good, so I get extensive tests regularly. We’re looking at long-term data, to get a bigger picture.
Some people attribute your good looks to your visits to beauty clinics. Have you had any touch-ups?
I’ve completed four gene therapies and I’ve literally had people go as far as to check my hair to make sure I don’t have any scars from cosmetic surgery. There aren’t any, of course. I haven’t had Botox either.
Do you know anyone else who has undergone this type of treatment?
Yes, there are a lot of people now and prices are coming 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 the prices come down. If we can get governments to approve these therapies, it would be affordable.
Are they made in different countries?
The Bahamas have just passed laws allowing gene therapy, Honduras too, and there are many countries in the Southeast of Central America that allow its use.
Link: https://www.abc.es/sociedad/liz-parrish-mujer-descumple-anos-tras-terapia-20241019193434-nt.html
Author: Jose Luis Fernandez
Date: 10/18/2024
Updated 20/10/2024 at 03:13h.
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