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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

Secret to eternal youth? John Cleese extols virtues of stem cell treatment

John Cleese sits in an armchair
John Cleese said he had been paying a private Swiss clinic £17,000 every 12 to 18 months for stem cell therapy for the past two decades. Photograph: James D Morgan/Getty Images

Stem cells have become a favoured miracle treatment among the rich and famous, with Kim Kardashian reportedly a fan of stem cell facials and Cristiano Ronaldo turning to stem cell injections after a hamstring injury.

The latest to extol their benefits is the Monty Python actor John Cleese, who suggests that stem cells could hold the secret to eternal youth – or, at least, buy him “a few extra years”.

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