American entrepreneur Bryan Johnson is determined to defy the natural ageing process in his bid to live forever.
His latest attempt saw him traveling to Honduras where he documented himself for YouTube embarking on a treatment of radical gene therapy.
Talking to the camera, Johnson says: “I’m traveling to a remote island for an extreme medical procedure that could change the future of humanity.”
Gene therapy might be the answer in the search for the fountain of youth, according to the tech mogul.
He goes on to say that the gene therapy tested on mice meant they lived “30% longer”, describing the $20,000 treatment as “a pioneering technology with the potential to improve muscle and strength [and] slow the speed of ageing and many more benefits.”
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The procedure involves an injection into the stomach and buttocks, which the company, Minicircle, claims will possibly increase muscle mass and could even make a person taller.
Johnson admitted that he had previously steered clear of gene therapy due to its risks.
In the video, he said: “If a therapy caused, say cancer, in my body there’d be nothing I could do to reverse the process. What sets Minicircle therapy apart is that it has a built-in kill switch.
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“If my body reacts badly, I can take the antibiotic tetracycline, instantly killing and deactivating the DNA molecules I’ve been injected with. This treatment is not FDA-approved in the US, which is why I’m making the long journey to Prospera.”
He went on to joke: “Rich dude doing all this crazy stuff for his health, plus blood boy, plus measuring nighttime erections, plus penis rejuvenation with shock therapy, now in Honduras doing gene therapy… yeah it’s quite a stack.
“This could be the most powerful anti-ageing therapy I’ve ever received, to say I’m excited and nervous would be an understatement.”
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This is just the latest attempt by Johnson to achieve immortality after he bizarrely claimed that celebrating his birthday every 19 months was slowing down his internal clock.
But the $20,000 he blew on his most recent treatment is nothing for the dad-of-three, who spends around $2 million every year on products and plans to halt his age, which he refers to as Project Blueprint.
He once even received blood transfusions from his son in an attempt to have the youngest possible biological age.
The apparent anti-ageing guru has said that he has now hit his “personal best” in slowing down his ageing process.
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Time will tell if Johnson’s endeavors are successful, and perhaps he will have the last laugh when he reaches his 200th birthday.