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Re:Forever Labs preserves young stem cells by nnfy on Thursday August 17, 2017 @07:30PM (#15042027)
>It is a hedge against technological development in cell reprogramming and repair - technological development that is progressing at a revolutionary pace right now, and that will soon enough enable old cells to be restored to youthful configurations.

Popular science has has been on the verge of immortality for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. My point isn't that it isn't happening, but statistically we are probably further away from cell repair than you think. If you have cash to burn, there are worse things to gamble on.

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Re:Forever Labs preserves young stem cells by reasonattlm on Thursday August 17, 2017 @07:57PM (#15042187)
Progress in cell therapy strongly depends on progress in controlling cell state. A world in which the research community has advanced enough to make stored cells really useful, but not advanced to the point at which it couldn't just recreate something very similar to those cells from an aged skin sample at little cost seems highly unlikely.
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