From monkey glands to ‘young blood’: the long, strange history of chasing immortality through transplants

Chizhevskaya Ekaterina/Shutterstock 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 daysContinue Reading

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has secured a £170 million investment from 11 of the world’s largest banks, strengthening its post-trade operations and deepening ties with key industry partners. The investment, announced alongside the group’s Q3 2025 results, values LSEG’s Post Trade Solutions arm at £850 million and marksContinue Reading