Sterling Ericsson<p>As with organ transplants, stem cells trigger an immune response when used in medical treatments, potentially leading to rejection of the cells.</p><p>To prevent this, Sana Biotechnology scientists have developed stem cells with removed HLA markers that survived uninhibited in rhesus macaques for months.</p><p>This opens up whole new prospects for medical treatment of organs and tissues.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Biotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biotech</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Biotechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biotechnology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/StemCell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StemCell</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/StemCells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StemCells</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/HLA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HLA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scicomm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-023-01784-x" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41587-023</span><span class="invisible">-01784-x</span></a></p>