Hey HN! Wanted to introduce you to Evera! We are the at home stem cell banking startup out of Harvard. Through just a simple urine sample, we allow you to preserve your youngest cells for future therapies!<p>It's known that over time, your stem cells (iPSCs) accumulate more damaging mutations with age (<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.3749" rel="nofollow">https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.3749</a>). However, seeing how all legacy methods of stem cell extraction were incredibly invasive (ex: bone marrow surgical extraction, blood draw), we wanted to create a way to bank your youngest cells in a 100% noninvasive way. We've thus optimized a method of converting urine derived cells to stem cells and have developed a novel collection device that allows your sample to be preserved via transport over the mail. Evera finally allows anyone, regardless of age, to invest in their future health and longevity! Happy to answer any questions you may have in the comments below :)
Hey this sounds like a super cool venture that you all are working on. However, I was a bit interested in how the process works as you age. For instance, from what I understand Evera extracts our youngest cells. So would I be able to start banking cells at age 50 or 60 compared to say age 20 and would there be any differences in the cells collected?
Good stuff! Really excited to see this launch. Clearly a large benefit of the service for Evera is the large collection of stem cells. How do you anticipate the drug discoveries and advancements will differ from discoveries made by genomics companies like 23andMe? What labs are you currently working with for this work?
Hi Evera, I’m curious about my medical privacy. How can you guarantee that through this service? Additionally, how do you plan on generating revenue? Through what kind of business model?