Exosomes are touted as a trendy cure-all. We don’t know if they work.

Image credit: Kelsey Dake. Article by Jessica Hamzelou. MIT Technology Review – October 29, 2024.

There’s a trendy new cure-all in town—you might have seen ads pop up on social media or read rave reviews in beauty magazines. Exosomes are being touted as a miraculous treatment for hair loss, aging skin, acne, eczema, pain conditions, long covid, and even neurological diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. That’s, of course, if you can afford the price tag—which can stretch to thousands of dollars. […]

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