Launch HN: Forever Labs (YC S17) – Stem-Cell Banking

Post by bigdebe » Tue, Oct 03, 2017, 8:54 PM UTC

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The decline in functionality begins to be detectable between 20-40, and accelerates with age. This study has a number of measures regarding bone mesenchymal stem cells (which are included in what we collect and store): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18248663 Ideally, we all store at 18. However, my mother just stored at 70. Her mother lived to 93, and two of her aunts over 100. She decided that in 10 years, she…

I'm sure it was free for your mother, because she is your mother, so why wouldn't she? For the rest of us who have to pay, what are the realistic odds a 64-year-old will get any sort of benefit out of banking stem cells?

Post by markkat » Tue, Oct 10, 2017, 4:28 AM UTC

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The discomfort is difficult to describe. I best describe it as a cramp. We believe that the negative pressure is in part to blame, and we have filed IP on a possible solution.

I believe that the negative pressure/vacuum is known to be the cause. One obvious solution would be to replace that pressure with a solution, probably your own plasma or similar - and then you'd just need to determine the best technology to apply for the system to allow for equilibrium..