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Re:Launch HN: Anja Health (YC W22) – Freezing stem cells at ... by jacquesm on Saturday February 12, 2022 @08:55AM (#30312820)
The big question is how many people benefited from having stem cells frozen. If that number is large enough then this might be an important development, if that number is very low or even zero then this is essentially a scam.

There is no proof that if your brother had had such a precaution taken (which were already available at the time, so this is not something novel) that there would have been a benefit.

At $29400 CLTV at current life expectancies there had better be some very clear benefit, especially given that the vast bulk of those will never be used. If one in 100 actually gets used then you're looking at $3 million per treatment, and that's the cheapest plan.

Also, I could not find any terms of service nor a way to cancel the service.

> Side note: plancentas are so valuable that physicians - especially in Europe - sometimes prefer to take them for themselves to sell to cosmetics research for ~$50k.

Is a pretty strong accusation to make, do you hide behind the undefined value of 'sometimes' to be able to walk this back or are the statistics such - and the amount so specific - that this is well known and supported by evidence, and subsequent removal from the roster of practicing physicians because of gross breach of medical ethics?

edit: I just found your video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M64L_Koe8Vw

Which claims this is just hearsay, so I'm calling BS on your claim that this 'happens especially in Europe' or even at all.

Re:Launch HN: Anja Health (YC W22) – Freezing stem cells at ... by Didimommy on Thursday February 24, 2022 @08:48PM (#30462791)
I think people do not realize that blood is the lifeline of human being. Cord blood banking has the cells frozen at the youngest age possible. Cord blood rich with stem cells and immune cells and exosomes can be infused back to the baby herself or himself for the rest of her or his life. Because it is his own blood, just rich with the youngest and healthiest cells of every type. So theoretically, the cord blood should never be wasted. Ten years ago, there was no cord blood treatment for cerebral palsy. Now they do. Just ask thousands of families around the world. Science develops, but for the children, they only have one chance to bank and they cannot even make this decision without being represented by the parents.