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Cedar  ·  2835 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Show Hubski: Forever Labs

Ooh bonus points! It's the "hacker symbol" from "The Hackers Manifesto" or more accurately it's the glider pattern in Conway's game of life (one which will continue moving forward forever).

This is awesome, awesome news and congratulations to all involved, the fact you have already got an in with patients and it seems like a seamless service user experience is a real credit to you, I can't wait to see where this goes as I fully believe in this idea and had been hoping people would start to move down this route.





mk  ·  2835 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well done on the glider!

    one which will continue moving forward forever

That was the intent.

I do think that we are fortunate to have a route to patients through physicians. Admittedly, the concept is a bit provocative, and there is plenty of snake oil surrounding stem cell research and treatments. Of course, there are a number of people that are willing to be first adopters, but for most people, it is difficult to access the value proposition.

There are some positive results coming to light, such as this MS trial using autologous hematopoetic stem cells (we store HSCs too). As these trials progress, I think the concept will be more generally understood.