{"id":884214,"date":"2026-10-16T10:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/884214\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T10:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:02:16","slug":"longevity-obessed-can-freeze-immune-cells-for-treatments-that-havent-been-invented-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/884214\/","title":{"rendered":"Longevity-obessed can freeze immune cells \u2014 for treatments that haven\u2019t been invented yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new service offers anyone with a cool $5,000 the opportunity to harvest and freeze their immune cells at the youngest they\u2019ll ever be again.<\/p>\n

The catch? No one can say how these cells will be useful in the future.<\/p>\n

Reservoir<\/a>, which launched today, hopes to capture the imagination of folks obsessed with longevity. They believe in the near-ish future, these immune cells might be used in therapies against things like cancer and autoimmune diseases.<\/p>\n

People who\u2019ve expressed interest so far \u201care definitely on the frontier, early adopters of medical science and research deep in that world,\u201d co-founder Nabiha Saklayen told The Post. \u201cI\u2019m curious myself where the members will take it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"GlovedReservoir collects about 60 mL of blood to isolate enough immune cells for cryogenic preservation. Reservoir<\/p>\n

How does it work?<\/p>\n

To harvest immune cells, all you need to do is show up for a 15-minute blood draw. You can head to a partner clinic or book a phlebotomist to come to your home, in certain areas of the country. <\/p>\n

They\u2019ll collect about 60 mL of blood, which is about six to seven standard vials \u2014 more than most standard blood draws. They need that much for the next step, in which the blood is processed to isolate immune cells.<\/p>\n

Specifically, they\u2019re isolating peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMCs) that contain cells like T cells, B cells, monocytes and dendritic cells \u2014 which all play an important role in immune response.<\/p>\n

In total, they\u2019re looking for five vials with 5 million PBMCs in each, Saklayen said. \u201cEveryone that we\u2019ve done blood draws for so far in the testing phases, we have been able to get this baseline number of cells out through the isolation process.\u201d<\/p>\n

After that comes the sci-fi stuff. Your cells get frozen below -150\u00b0C and stay that way \u2014 at $270 a year \u2014 indefinitely, and under close monitoring, until you\u2019re ready to use them.<\/p>\n

These cells remain the client\u2019s property, and are released only at their instruction, in coordination with a doctor.<\/p>\n

A one-time price of $4,995 covers the harvesting, isolation and storage for one year.<\/p>\n

\"AReservoir says the only physical commitment you have is a 15-minute blood draw, until you\u2019re ready to pick up your samples. Reservoir<\/p>\n

Banking immune cells, banking on a breakthrough<\/p>\n

The company is clear: \u201cReservoir preserves cells and is not a treatment. It does not predict or promise any future use.\u201d<\/p>\n

But that hasn\u2019t been a stumbling block to finding clinics to roll out this service in.<\/p>\n

Dr. Michael Doney, executive medical director at preventative health clinic Biograph, says it hits the right notes for his patients.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndividuals who seek out advanced, concierge preventive medicine do so because they want the most complete picture of their health, as early as possible,\u201d he told The Post. Cell banking offers something that advanced imaging, biomarkers and genomic sequencing can\u2019t: living cells themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou collect this data now for proactive intervention, because this exact point in time won\u2019t come around again.\u201d PBMCs do decline as you age. Some cells become less effective while others contribute to low grade inflammation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The PBMCs stored by Reservoir would remain biologically younger than whenever you come pick them up.<\/p>\n

Doney says that patients proactive about their long-term health \u201cfrequently ask about emerging cell-based therapies \u2014 particularly in oncology and autoimmune disease management.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile those therapeutic applications are still in development and shouldn\u2019t be framed as an immediate treatment plan, they explain why interest in cell preservation is growing so rapidly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saklayen also says cell and tissue replacement and regenerative therapy could be another possible use in the future. This is the tech driving Cellino, Reservoir\u2019s parent company which she co-founded in 2017.<\/p>\n

She acknowledges no one can know whether the stored cells will be enough for whatever the patients want to use them for down the line. But she feels confident in their survival.<\/p>\n

Last year, a healthy baby was born from a 30-year-old frozen embryo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why this is a great moment to use existing cryopreservation technology,\u201d she said. \u201cWe can trust that these cells will be around \u2014 to the best of our knowledge \u2026 There\u2019s increasing data to show decades is very doable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new service offers anyone with a cool $5,000 the opportunity to harvest and freeze their immune cells…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":884215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[36457,51495,687,186,97,252,253,2749,48182,686,673],"class_list":["post-884214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-autoimmune-disease","tag-biohacking","tag-cancer","tag-exclusive","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-longevity","tag-medical-care","tag-medicine","tag-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}