Assertion Supported
Johns Hopkins researchers replaced heart attack scar tissue using banked stem cells
“At Johns Hopkins, they took these bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells, that same ones we store for you. And they grew them and introduced them into the damaged area of a person's heart after they had a heart attack. And they were able to grow healthy ti…”
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Steven Klausnitzer plans to intravenously reintroduce his banked 38-year-old stem cells
“So I want, I'm going to take my thirty-eight-year-old cells when I'm, I think, about 45 years old. I'm going to grow them, and I'm going to start reintroducing them intravenously. And not to treat any specific disease or just to reconstitute my stem cell.”
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Klausnitzer argues reactive disease treatment is inferior to proactive cellular maintenance
“We can do that now at the cellular level. So that's what I'm talking about as far as health maintenance. So we're a disease treatment society. It's ridiculous. We wait till our body breaks down and then we try to get it back to homeostasis. It's silly, really,…”
Assertion Supported
Klausnitzer: Over 500 clinical trials use banked stem cells for aging diseases
“And there are over 500 clinical trials that are using the cells we store to treat age related diseases.”
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Customers rate Forever Labs bone marrow extraction pain at two of ten
“I say, on a scale of one to 10, you know, what would you rate this if one is no pain and 10 is painful?
And we are averaging a two.”
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Forever Labs co-founder grew more stem cells outside his body than inside
“My co-founder, Dr. Katakowski has grown more of his own stem cells outside of his body than he has in his body right now.”
Assertion Supported
Reintroducing young stem cells extended older mice lifespans by up to 20%
“Two other groups had since done that same work and had shown that the mice lived about 16 to 20% longer with just one reintroduction.”
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Coastal customers bank stem cells for longevity, Midwest customers for disease treatment
“If we're in Michigan or North Carolina it's a much more pragmatic market. People signing up there are signing up in order to treat perhaps a family disease. They may have a family history of cardiovascular disease. Or osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, wh…”
Assertion Contradicted
Immune systems reject foreign stem cells, requiring you to bank your own
“You need your own stem cells. You can't be using other people's cells. Like, this is why we exist. So a lot of people are like, why can't I just use my kids? Your immune system will wipe them out. You really need your own.”
Disclosure
Forever Labs partners with local surgeons instead of opening physical clinics
“We have credentialed physicians in nine states. So we don't open offices. What I do is I go out and I find the best doctors in every market. And these tend to be for us, orthopedic surgeons and plastic surgeons.”
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Forever Labs charges $2,500 for extraction and $250 annually for storage
“It's 2500 dollars for the procedure. And then it's 250 dollars a year to store your stuff.”
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Customers flying from SF to Michigan prompted Forever Labs' coastal expansion
“We started in Michigan, but then what happened is we had people flying out from San Francisco to Michigan to have the procedure done. And we realized very quickly that we needed to expand and our second market was San Francisco.”
Assertion Supported
Klausnitzer: Stem cell therapies for heart disease and stroke are in Phase 3
“And some of these are in phase three, cardiovascular disease and stroke are in phase three.”
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Forever Labs reached 200 paying clients across nine states
“So we're in, like, we're in nine states. We have over 200, or no, we're just about at our 200th client right now.”
