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> would likely only be the uber-wealthy and powerful who would have access to this technology

If by uber-wealthy you mean most people in rich countries, sure. Otherwise, I don't see why this would progress in a way all other medicine has not.



Where are the stem cells coming from?


> Where are the stem cells coming from?

This study appears to have used "human embryonic stem cells (hESCs)" [1]. We haven't tested this with iPSCs [2].

Even if it only works with hESCs, if the part of the population that thinks blastocysts are people wants to live a third or a quarter as long as the part that doesn't, I don't see a problem with that. We're basically going in that direction with vaccination anyway.

[1] https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00571-9?_re...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_pluripotent_stem_cell


Thank you for the details about this article but that's not quite what I meant.

I meant where do you get enough stem cells to make the procedure widely available to the developed world? Stem cells are kinda scarce, as far as I know, so it may gate such a thing.


> Stem cells are kinda scarce, as far as I know

Embryonic stem cells are rare in America because of religious types. They're not particularly difficult to manufacture or extract--the limit is really human eggs, and we can make those in the lab [1]. (Human sperm are not, for many reasons, difficult to secure.)

I'd actually guess hESCs would be the cheapest route. If we insist on iPSCs, then this turns into a personalised medicine treatment. But in that, it's no different from e.g. oncology.

[1] https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5553322/ivg-human-eggs-...




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