Nathan Wolfe > Quotes

“Following his studies with Carrel, Voronoff worked in Egypt for the Egyptian king. Voronoff soon became fascinated with the eunuchs that were part of the king’s harem. In particular, he noted that the castration they received seemed to increase the speed at which the eunuchs aged. This observation was the beginning of Voronoff’s obsession with a surgical answer to aging. Likely inspired by the pioneering work of his mentor and the excitement of the new surgical techniques, Voronoff began to dabble in experimental transplantation. But he went beyond the techniques that his mentor had perfected. In early experiments Voronoff transplanted the testicles of a lamb into an old ram, claiming that the transplant served to thicken the ram’s wool and increase its sex drive. These early studies foreshadowed the work that would follow.”
― Nathan Wolfe, The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age

“microbial diversity”
― Nathan Wolfe, The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age

“reservoir”
― Nathan Wolfe, The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age