imuli comments on An alarming fact about the anti-aging community - Less Wrong

30 Post author: diegocaleiro 16 February 2015 05:49PM

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Comment author: Vaniver 16 February 2015 09:26:39PM *  1 point [-]

Do you have to do anything fancy for tooth storage? As I recall, the dentist managed to extract my wisdom teeth intact and so I think they're sitting in a box somewhere (but have been for ~five years). Given that people get useful DNA out of prehistoric specimens, that makes me not immediately dismiss the possibility (but I expect that freezing them or something similar is better).

Comment author: imuli 16 February 2015 09:59:46PM *  2 points [-]

They want them frozen immediately, shipped in an insulated box with an ice pack, and then they extract cells and store the cells cryogenically. So that's probably not sufficient.