Friday, June 22, 2007

So NOW they make a reset button for rich people

To allow you to have a copy of your DNA when you were young and healthy:
Imagine having a spare copy of your immune system on ice, ready to replace your existing one should you fall victim to AIDS, an autoimmune disease, or have to undergo extensive chemotherapy for cancer.

An Anglo-American company called Lifeforce has received permission from the US Food and Drug Administration to do just that. The firm collects 480-millilitre samples of blood from healthy individuals, extracts the white blood cells and stores them as an insurance policy against future disease. The service comes at a price, though: around $800 for taking the initial sample then $25 per month for storing the cells at -196 °C. "That sample would have the complete repertoire of all your white blood cells," says Del DelaRonde, co-founder of Lifeforce in Newport, UK.

Hmmm. I see future kidnapping threats: I have your white blood cell test tubes! Hand over one Meeeelllion dollars....

2 comments:

Steve Bates said...

But customers who receive treatments later report awakening with an irresistible urge to play left field...

ellroon said...

Poor frozen Ted. Can you imagine being brought back to life (with a bit of frost bite) and presented to a weird new world? What if you didn't want to come back?