Aborted-fetus shots used to stop aging

There's a heavy demand in Russia for aborted and miscarried fetuses – for stem-cell injection treatments designed as anti-aging therapies.

The treatments are the hottest thing among the Russian elite since Botox.

According to a report in the Scotsman, pharmaceutical magnate and former presidential candidate Vladimir Bryntsalov, 58, one of Russia's 27 billionaires, is already a firm believer in the experimental treatment that can cost as much as $9,000 per session.

'I had lots of wrinkles on my face, but now the skin is as smooth as a baby's,' he said. 'I also had terrible scars on my body that were there since childhood, but they too have disappeared.'

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