Dr. Melissa Ilardo

And so now whether that's kind of stretching the spleen, you know, because the spleens that we saw in the mice were larger but less dense, or, you know, if there's some other mechanism, we're not completely sure yet.

And so now whether that's kind of stretching the spleen, you know, because the spleens that we saw in the mice were larger but less dense, or, you know, if there's some other mechanism, we're not completely sure yet.

And so now whether that's kind of stretching the spleen, you know, because the spleens that we saw in the mice were larger but less dense, or, you know, if there's some other mechanism, we're not completely sure yet.

And so now whether that's kind of stretching the spleen, you know, because the spleens that we saw in the mice were larger but less dense, or, you know, if there's some other mechanism, we're not completely sure yet.

But yeah, it seems like these higher than average thyroid hormone levels, at least when the genetic cause was what we saw in the C-nomads, increased the size of the spleen, increased hemoglobin, increased hematocrit, increased red blood cell count.

But yeah, it seems like these higher than average thyroid hormone levels, at least when the genetic cause was what we saw in the C-nomads, increased the size of the spleen, increased hemoglobin, increased hematocrit, increased red blood cell count.

But yeah, it seems like these higher than average thyroid hormone levels, at least when the genetic cause was what we saw in the C-nomads, increased the size of the spleen, increased hemoglobin, increased hematocrit, increased red blood cell count.

But yeah, it seems like these higher than average thyroid hormone levels, at least when the genetic cause was what we saw in the C-nomads, increased the size of the spleen, increased hemoglobin, increased hematocrit, increased red blood cell count.

Yeah. Yeah, and I don't think know how quickly the spleen reuptakes those red blood cells, but it does do that eventually. So maybe this is something that would be advantageous for short bursts or something like that.

Yeah. Yeah, and I don't think know how quickly the spleen reuptakes those red blood cells, but it does do that eventually. So maybe this is something that would be advantageous for short bursts or something like that.

Yeah. Yeah, and I don't think know how quickly the spleen reuptakes those red blood cells, but it does do that eventually. So maybe this is something that would be advantageous for short bursts or something like that.

Yeah.

Yeah, and I don't think know how quickly the spleen reuptakes those red blood cells, but it does do that eventually.

So maybe this is something that would be advantageous for short bursts or something like that.

I mean, I think there's a lot that we don't know about the performance-enhancing aspect of this, but that's really interesting because the work that we did in the mice where we replicated what we saw in these divers –

I mean, I think there's a lot that we don't know about the performance-enhancing aspect of this, but that's really interesting because the work that we did in the mice where we replicated what we saw in these divers –

I mean, I think there's a lot that we don't know about the performance-enhancing aspect of this, but that's really interesting because the work that we did in the mice where we replicated what we saw in these divers –

I mean, I think there's a lot that we don't know about the performance-enhancing aspect of this, but that's really interesting because the work that we did in the mice where we replicated what we saw in these divers –

They had larger spleens, they had higher red blood cell count, but they did not have any change in erythropoietin, which is how we normally think about changes in red blood cell count.

They had larger spleens, they had higher red blood cell count, but they did not have any change in erythropoietin, which is how we normally think about changes in red blood cell count. This is a drug that was really popular with cyclists for a while. People would self-dose with erythropoietin and it would increase their red blood cell count dramatically to improve their performance.