Rhonda Patrick· PhD
I think, just talking about the U.S. alone, with four million placentas every year, you know, you're talking about the possibility of extending the human lifespan dramatically.
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I think, just talking about the U.S. alone, with four million placentas every year, you know, you're talking about the possibility of extending the human lifespan dramatically.
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Meanwhile, the placenta is discarded and thrown away after delivery about 3.9 million times a year in the U.S. alone.
you know 3.8 or 3.9 million births just in the U.S. alone every year. I mean, that's almost four million placentas in the trash.