Episode Details

Join Dr. Jeffrey Gladden and Tom Casey in this episode of the Gladden Longevity Podcast. Tom Casey is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Spectrum Plasma and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Company's business. Spectrum Plasma, dba SpecPlasma, in San Marcos, Texas, is the world's first fully accredited blood bank to prescriptively supply blood plasma exclusively for out-of-hospital treatments. In this episode, they talk about how we are programmed to age, how blood plasma controls our aging, the safety of donating and receiving plasma, how young Fresh Frozen Plasma (yFFP®) is an infinitely renewable resource, and how its frequent donation promotes longevity. Listen to find out more.

Listen to this episode to learn about making 100 the new 30, and living beyond 120!

Show notes:

Dr. Gladden introduces Tom Casey as the founder of Spectrum Plasma and mentions his work on young plasma. (00:48)

Tom thanks Jeff for the invitation to the show. (2:30)

Tom explains how he saw a need for intravenous solutions and started a company to satisfy that demand. (4:10)

Tom recounts how he began an infection control company after selling his first company. (6:12)

Tom speaks about writing software to guide missiles, submarines, and different types of weapons. (8:02)

Dr. Gladden illustrates heterochronic parabiosis with the case example of how an old mouse gets young, and the younger mouse gets old. (10:55)

Tom references studies that show that plasma really controls our aging. (12:10)

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