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

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Comment author: InquilineKea 16 February 2015 10:46:42PM 2 points [-]

What about something like this? http://nyscf.org/images/pdf/biopsy_flyer_versionweb.pdf?study_id=17&participant_id=51644acd8255dc3ede4fa494b7def28831554d6a . I'm not sure if they'd store the samples at a timescale long enough to be relevant though (aka, 4+ decades).

How important is it, though, that the cells be your own cells? In several decades, we may have even better tools to deal with the transplant rejection that stems from regenerated organs with different genomic material.

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FWIW here is a relevant article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/10295085/Stem-cell-banks-enable-wealthy-to-free-backup-version-of-their-adult-selves.html

Comment author: ChristianKl 16 February 2015 11:59:06PM 0 points [-]

How important is it, though, that the cells be your own cells? In several decades, we may have even better tools to deal with the transplant rejection that stems from regenerated organs with different genomic material.

He might also simply make stem cells out of aged cells of our own bodies. There are already cases where it's possible to reverse a cell.