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mk  ·  2841 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Show Hubski: Forever Labs

    Medical freezers chew through a lot of kwh, makes sense to me.

The cells are kept in liquid nitrogen, actually. The cost has a lot to do with back ups, insurance, FDA compliance, inventory management, shipping, etc. As with most things, we can achieve some savings with scale, and I do intend to bring the cost down for all as we can do so. It's our goal to make this available to as many people as possible, not just people with a lot of disposable income.





OftenBen  ·  2841 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    It's our goal to make this available to as many people as possible, not just people with a lot of disposable income.

Admirable, considering that access to stem-cell based therapies might be one of the biggest class divides of the coming decades.