THE secret to eternal life may have finally be found and all you need to do is inject yourself with 3.5-million-year-old Siberian bacteria.

Anatoli Brouchkov, head of the Geocryology Department at Moscow State University, became a human guinea pig when he decided to inject the bacteria into himself. And now he claims his health has improved and he has more energy reported Medical Daily.

“I started to work longer, I’ve never had a flu for the last two years,” said Brouchkov, in an interview with Russian TV.

The bacteria was first found in 2009 in Siberia at Mammoth Mounter in the Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia. Named Bacillus F it was discovered embedded in permafrost.

While scientists tested the bacteria on mice and human blood cells Brouchkov just couldn’t wait to try it out himself.

While many people may have been concerned about the possible side effects he wasn’t worried as there are traces of the bacteria in the water of the region reported the UK Telegraph.

“Besides, the permafrost is thawing, and I guess these bacteria get into the environment, into the water, so the local population, the Yakut people, in fact, for a long time are getting these cells with water, and even seem to live longer than some other nations. So there was no danger for me.”

And while drug companies will no doubt be dying to get their hands on the bacteria Brouchkov warns there is still much more testing needed.

“It still needs the experiments. We have to work out how this bacteria prevents ageing. I think that is the way this science should develop. What is keeping that mechanism alive? And how can we use it for our own benefits?,” he said.

“If we can find the mechanism of how that bacteria stays alive, and then we probably will be able to find the cure to prolong our own life.”