Adult stem cell collection and cryogenic storage, processed at the company's own ISO accredited lab in Ann Arbor
Forever Labs banks your own adult stem cells so that you still have them decades from now. It is a storage company rather than a treatment clinic, and it is worth being clear about that up front. Cells are collected from bone marrow or fat, processed at the company's lab in Ann Arbor, and held in cryogenic storage under your name. The collection itself does not happen in Ann Arbor. Forever Labs works through a network of board certified physicians in California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Washington and Washington DC, mostly orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians and physiatrists who already perform bone marrow aspiration. The draw is taken from the back of the hip under local anesthetic and takes roughly fifteen minutes. Most people describe a few seconds of pressure at the moment of withdrawal. The sample then ships to Ann Arbor, where the lab isolates the cells, runs flow cytometry to confirm identity and purity, screens for microbial contamination by qPCR, tests for endotoxin, and freezes the vials. The lab is the part of this that stands up to scrutiny. It was accredited in April 2020, the first biobank anywhere to hold an ISO accreditation covering human stem cell banking, and the company describes it as the only ISO certified adult stem cell processing laboratory in the United States. Isolation work is done in Class II biological safety cabinets. Forever Labs is currently building out a cGMP compliant facility and has said it intends to offer physician directed expansion of stored passage zero cells, a process that takes two to six weeks in culture. Pricing is published rather than quoted at a consultation, which is unusual in this market. A membership is $3,000 with $300 a year after the first year, or $10,000 once with storage for life. Both include the collection and the cryopreservation, and both are HSA and FSA eligible. The company was founded in Ann Arbor in 2015 by Mark Katakowski, Ben Buller, Laith Farjo and Steven Clausnitzer, and went through Y Combinator in 2017. It was the first company to sell adult stem cell banking directly to consumers. Katakowski and Clausnitzer left in May 2025 to run a spinout called SuperShot. Kevin Virgil, a client since 2019, has been chief executive since then.
ISO 9001
International Organization for Standardization
Board-Certified Physicians
Accreditations are records-based and do not imply endorsement of any treatment's safety or efficacy.
Starting from
$3,000
package
Typical range
$3,000 to $10,000
Two published memberships. $3,000 covers collection, processing and the first year of storage, then $300 a year after that. $10,000 covers collection, processing and storage for life with no annual fee. Both are HSA and FSA eligible, and financing is offered through Klarna and Affirm. Prices are for banking only and do not include any future treatment.
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3 reviews
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Experience
It's been a few years since banking my SC's and I can honestly say I'm beyond glad that I did. The staff was and has been absolutely 'top shelf' during the entire process, from intake all the way to today with ongoing updates. Cant say enough about my experience!
Experience
I have never received any updates about the research or the advancements made thus far. I was told by my doctor's office (conveniently after the surgery and banking) that no other procedures have been approved and they don't know if that will happen in the next 5, 10 or 20 years. I am paying $250 for annual banking but for what?
Experience
Forever Labs is amazing. They made it incredibly easy and safe to bank my stem cells and I have peace of mind knowing they're in the best of hands. Knowing I have my stem cells banked for 2, 5, or 30 years down the road is a great feeling.
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4.1out of 5 on Google from 8 ratings
Forever Labs shows a 4.1 rating across 8 Google reviews. Google's own topic tally is small but points at stem cell banking as the main thing reviewers mention, with peace of mind noted twice. Individual review text was not retrievable, and Trustpilot lists no reviews for the company domain.
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Reddit discussion is substantial but divided. One poster has repeatedly warned since 2021 that the bone marrow collection was far more invasive than advertised and reported lasting pain afterwards. Independent commenters mostly debate value, questioning whether banked adult cells have any current use and whether the fees are justified.
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Dr. Tom Nabity
Chief Medical Officer
MD, physical medicine and rehabilitation
Nabity graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine in 2004 and has practiced for more than twenty years, working mainly with patients in chronic pain who want alternatives to surgery and long term medication. He founded the Michigan Center for Regenerative Medicine in 2017 and still sees patients there. He joined the Forever Labs physician network the same year and banked his own cells then, several years before taking the chief medical officer role.
Kevin Virgil
Chief Executive Officer
West Point graduate
Virgil became chief executive in May 2025, after the founders left to run the SuperShot spinout. He came to the company as a client, banking his own cells in 2019 and later using them for knee osteoarthritis. Before Forever Labs he covered biotech and healthcare at UBS, founded a security software company called Polysentry, and served in the Army, including with the 75th Ranger Regiment and in US government postings abroad. He has said his focus is moving the company from a biobank toward a regenerative manufacturing platform.
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