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Orianna Rosa Royle

Bryan Johnson is being used as a human guinea pig in unproven tests to reprogram human genes in an island off Honduras

Bryan Johnson on stage. (Credit: Kyle Grillot—Bloomberg via Getty Images)

With an estimated net worth of around $400 million, tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson has access to the world’s best health care. But swapping blood with his 17-year-old son and 70-year-old father and undergoing daily body scans by a team of 30 doctors isn’t quite cutting it for the 46-year-old centi-millionaire who wants to be 18 again.

Now, the Blueprint founder is taking trips to the remote Caribbean island of Roatán to be injected with a genetically enhancing drug that’s not been approved by the FDA—and according to at least one scientist “will kill someone”.

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