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Re:Launch HN: Anja Health (YC W22) – Freezing stem cells at ... by HWR_14 on Friday February 11, 2022 @05:53PM (#30307979)
I'm just curious/ignorant, but I thought I just saw a news study (here on HN) that said DNA has a half-life of 5 years at room temperature, and became unusablely corrupted even at below freezing temperatures in a similar time period (with 1% corruption). Does the supercooling change that timeline significantly?
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Re:Launch HN: Anja Health (YC W22) – Freezing stem cells at ... by pkukp9 on Friday February 11, 2022 @06:09PM (#30308116)
Not sure what that study applies to. Our lab director who was a former AABB accreditor has a stance that they do not expire or diminish in quality to the point that they are not effective for treatments.
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