Reservoir, launched with Vinod Khosla, lets anyone bank their cells — Claude explains why it matters

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A KOL shared Reservoir, a new cell-banking service launched in partnership with Vinod Khosla (tagline: billionaires have owned their cells for years, now you can too), saying he only grasped its significance after asking Claude.

Claude's breakdown: your cells are a document rewritten daily, never back toward the original — banking them now preserves your youngest, least-damaged version. By 2036 this could plausibly enable:

Heart patches: beating heart-muscle sheets already conditionally approved in Japan; autologous cells eliminate donor cells and anti-rejection drugs
Retinal cells for age-related macular degeneration — likely the first "your cells, your cure" in ordinary clinics
Insulin-producing islet cells for diabetes, now in human trials; your own cells remove immune rejection
Motor neurons after spinal cord injury, where the treatment window is short and banked cells shine
Cartilage, cornea, skin repairs
Fertility support cells, already in late-stage IVF trials
A version of you in a dish: your neurons/hepatocytes for drug testing — in ALS research, lab-grown neurons predicted patient outcomes, likely the first real use

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