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Blood storage for autologous transfusion has apparently already been a thing for a while[1] and has been indicated to be effective in animal experiments[2], but
by 4bpp 10y ago
Blood storage for autologous transfusion has apparently already been a thing for a while[1] and has been indicated to be effective in animal experiments[2], but as far as I can tell, no provider is willing to store it for more than about 20 years (and what is stored may not in fact contain stem cells, but rather only something that spurs the existing ones into activity). My general impression is that the medical community's moral gut reaction is unfavourable towards the idea.
[1] http://www.bloodbook.com/storage.html http://www.bloodbook.com/storage.html
[2] https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329831-400-young-blood-to-be-used-in-ultimate-rejuvenation-trial/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329831-400-young-bl...
- elsewhen 10y agoi believe that foreverlabs[0] is a startup that aims to do what you are suggesting [0] http://www.foreverlabs.co/ http://www.foreverlabs.co/
- 4bpp 10y agoLooks interesting. Unfortunately, I'm not sure my prior probability that a random startup would survive for sufficiently long to be of use to future me is sufficiently high to justify whatever cost their services would come at...
- cbhl 10y agoIt never hurts to send them an email and ask them what the price of their services is.