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by pkukp9 1y ago
This looks super promising—curious how you’re thinking about managing abstraction vs flexibility. A lot of ‘AI app builders’ oversimplify to the point where power users hit walls fast. What’s your philosophy on letting users customize logic
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by pkukp9 4y ago
awesome!!
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by pkukp9 5y ago
Those stem cells are more unstable than cord blood stem cells. Right now they can be carcinogenic!
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by pkukp9 5y ago
Also we don’t dislike delayed cord clamping - our parents delay for max two mins! :)
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by pkukp9 5y ago
Check out the question “ How long should you delay cord clamping?” At https://health.clevelandclinic.org/what-you-should-know-abou... :)
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by pkukp9 5y ago
with companies like mine haha AnjaHealth.com - we send parents a kit, they can collect, we pick it up and bring it to a lab, and parents can access it later in life
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by pkukp9 5y ago
A doula told me that she saw this happen in the US once too. It's not legal, but I think there are legal loopholes around it. Another OBGYN told me it's more common in Europe
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by pkukp9 5y ago
hello - founder of Anja Health here :) I would actually argue that the chances of using it are actually much higher & it would make the top 1000 options in terms of expected ROI. Using type 1 diabetes as an example: By age 18, approxim
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by pkukp9 5y ago
hello! founder of Anja Health here :) Yes, it makes sense without a predisposition. Things like HIV with the woman cited in the article, cerebral palsy due to a near drowning accident, etc. could all be use cases. Our own team has a sales e
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by pkukp9 5y ago
I think freezing for future use is the best way to go. A few reasons: 1) cord blood transplants from related donors have higher survival rates than unrelated donors https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm19
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by pkukp9 5y ago
there isn't any evidence that delaying cord clamping for longer than 60 seconds gives the baby more benefits than delaying cord clamping for 30-60 seconds
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by pkukp9 5y ago
In a perfect world, I think everyone has access to their own stem cells as opposed to sifting thru donor pool. Donating is definitely awesome, but there's a lot of research surrounding how cord blood transplantation from related donors
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by pkukp9 5y ago
Evidence that it would’ve helped my brother: https://pediatrics.duke.edu/news/umbilical-cord-blood-improv... Evidence that people of color have a harder time finding a match: https://www.cancer.net/blog
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by pkukp9 5y ago
We’re HIPAA compliant. No data for sale. Checkout anjahealth.com/lab where we answer how to retrieve stem cells
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by pkukp9 5y ago
Clients sign an agreement stating that it is their property. We shift the management of this property to another company in the case that anything happens. All samples remain in our lab, unless specifically requested otherwise. We have a le
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by pkukp9 5y ago
In the case of my brother there was quite a bit of evidence surrounding cord blood improving motor and social skills. I linked a Duke article on it in another comment The percent of people who have banked cord blood who are not explicitly s
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by pkukp9 5y ago
I am! I know it does happen in Canada- https://parentsguidecordblood.org/en/family-banking/canada This is a record of successful uses there!
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by pkukp9 5y ago
Those stem cells are more unstable than the ones we collect & can be carcinogenic
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by pkukp9 5y ago
It’s illegal to sell them in the US - it mainly happens in Europe
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by pkukp9 5y ago
Ah I see - we’re from the umbilical cord so they’re a bit different from fetal stem cells!
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by pkukp9 5y ago
Why would it be quackery? This is a pain point that my family faced. My brothers cerebral palsy was an unforeseen circumstance due to a near drowning accident. The odds of that happening are unpredictable, but it did happen and my family wi
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by pkukp9 5y ago
Oh I see. Yeah I think it depends on which bank youre working with. They may have their own policy! We have an insurance guarantee :)
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by pkukp9 5y ago
Oh yes sorry - kathryn@anjahealth.com
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by pkukp9 5y ago
It has been used for the baby themselves & siblings :) Some cases where babies use them themselves: https://www.nature.com/articles/bmt2012146 https://pediatrics.duke.edu/news/umbilical-cord-b
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by pkukp9 5y ago
Low income families themselves have told us they’re so happy they finally found an affordable solution. So I’d beg to differ (qualifying low income as <75k household income. They self reported)
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by pkukp9 5y ago
Didnt want parents to have to worry for an extended period.
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by pkukp9 5y ago
we send parents a stem cell certificate 1 month after birth. so you'd actually know that it's a good deal pretty immediately
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by pkukp9 5y ago
I can no longer reply to your last comment @Grustaf for some reason haha but I'm guessing you're still reading these. We are currently the most affordable in the industry. When you add up cord blood alone amongst all cord blood ba
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by pkukp9 5y ago
Oh sorry about that! We've fixed it a few days ago, but perhaps a glitch. I will look into it. Thank you!
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by pkukp9 5y ago
Not sure what that study applies to. Our lab director who was a former AABB accreditor has a stance that they do not expire or diminish in quality to the point that they are not effective for treatments.

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