All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1

Re:All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1 by pfarnsworth on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @01:56AM (#15070079)

I'm surprised about the stem cell company. Stem cell storage companies are notorious scams. I remember doing research into these when my first child was born.

There's only a small subset of diseases it can actually help, and until you can actually grow organs, it's generally useless, for a lot of money. Also you can generate stem cells from adult blood cells or bone marrow anyway.

What the YC company appears to offer doesn't seem much more than a Silicon Valley Blood Boy, the unproven promise of youth from young blood.

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Re:All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1 by bsaul on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @04:53AM (#15070690)

Don't understand the parent downvote, i was also very intrigued by the startup's claims. If someone with good expertise on the field could bring arguments that would be great.

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Re:All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1 by redlollipop on Thursday August 24, 2017 @10:21PM (#15095658)

YC is not very good at evaluating medical companies. Its track record is not great.

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