Russia has top-notch personnel and an excellent school of cellular technologies, which allow to establish what is known as "extra-genetic health reserve".
An injection of own stem cells boosts up regeneration of ageing tissues. The Moscow-based Cryocenter stem cell depository charges $3,000 for umbilical blood taking, and to prepare, pack and store stem cell ampoules for family use. Every storage year costs another $150. A standard contract envisages storage for up to fifteen years, and is open for prolongation. The transnational stem cell depository chain charges $18,000 to 23,000 for similar services concerning one umbilical blood sample.
Russia has extremely few such depositories for today, but a government program, now in blueprints, envisages a chain established in every major region. Now is the time for Russia to outrun the world with a huge leap to join countries with the greatest life expectancy. A hundred to 150 depositories will be quite enough for Russia, whose current population makes 150 million. The endeavor requires a relevant government agency and allocations approximately at thirty billion rubles.
Characteristically, it was a Russian researcher-Alexander Maximov, who discovered stem cells, in 1908.
