Future healthspan-extending medical technologies are still decades away from widespread use. The problem?
They won't work as well on old cells.
CRISPR is one of the largest breakthroughs in recent science. This gene editing technique allows us to make modifications more precisely and on a larger scale than ever before.
Organ regeneration is one of the most popular topics in research today, with a focus on heart and lung regeneration. It will be key in the future repair and replacement of failing organs.
Stem cells have vast regenerative abilities. They have the capability of becoming many different tissues and cell types, with many potential .
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As you age, your cells are accumulating irreversible damage.
Your cells will never be as youthful as they are right now.
Acorn is the first take-home human cell cryopreservation service.
Here are the advantages to what we offer:
We freeze your cells, keeping them safe and in a stable condition for the future.
Collect your cells at home and send them back to us. No doctors or medical professionals required - it's that easy.
You can collect all the cells you need without ever needing to be invasive. That's the Acorn way.
We have many failsafes in place to ensure your sample will be secure indefinitely.
When you need your cells, we'll send them out to the medical professionals of your choice to use in advanced therapies.
We'll keep you informed of all the latest advancements in the industry, so you won't miss out.
Acorn was born out of the University of Waterloo's genetic engineering team. Starting out in Velocity Science on-campus, we have sinced moved into the Garage and accumulated funding from AC Jumpstart, Communitech, Velocity and YC Fellowship. On top of that, we are a part of the Creative Destruction Lab and have ties with many investors, scientists, and advisors.
We're passionate about the future of biotechnology and can't wait for what's yet to come. Our dream starts with preservation, but eventually, we hope to expand and take part in further research ourselves.
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In our first blog post we discuss the pioneering aging paper by Conboy et al. 2005. It describes the astounding physiological effects on old mice that resulted from their conjuction with young mouse counterparts.
CRISPR, the gene-editing tool, has recently received clearance in the US for safety trials on the modification of our immune cells in a radical new cancer treatment.
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"[S]cientists have recently begun experimenting with the use of pig embryos -- human stem cells would be implanted into a pig embryo in the place of cells which would later become, for example, the pig's liver."
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