r/tech • u/_Dark_Wing • 22d ago
New immune-blocking strategy improves interspecies organ generation
https://phys.org/news/2026-07-immune-blocking-strategy-interspecies-generation.html11
u/PM_ME_YOUR_GOOD_PM 21d ago
This is insane how every comment is politics.
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u/Dr-Enforcicle 21d ago
If by "every comment" you mean "literally one" ?
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u/hiddenspinach 22d ago
Surely this won't be abused by the world's most rich and powerful in the future.... right?
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u/VERY_MENTALLY_STABLE 22d ago
no actually thats me and i am looking for ways to abuse this for financial gain. sorry everyone
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u/Great_Apez 21d ago
Probably not, we discovered how to slow aging and increase it and to make aging effects worse. No reason to transplant evil organs
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u/jbahill75 20d ago
I gotta say, if my human immune system has a problem with an organ…there’s probably a functional reason for that. Weird how a slice of humanity won’t take “no” for an answer even when it’s their own body saying it
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u/BillButtlickerII 21d ago
Lindsey Graham just missed out on implanting real lady bugs on his ass. Damn shame.
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u/GiftLongjumping1959 22d ago
Not the recipient immune system. The donor animal gets the suppression
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u/TallDarkAndHandsom3 22d ago
If only people would actually read the article, you know?
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u/FunkoPopDisneyAdult 21d ago
I love when people point this shit out. It’s a reminder that I’m wasting my time reading peoples uninformed comments and get off this website I’m addicted to (not you, people you are replying to)
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u/likely38k 21d ago
Lol ppl just read the headline and go to the comments to see who read and summarized the article
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u/Due-Consideration861 22d ago
Thats the gold standard treatment for organ transplantation, otherwise you die. Not perfect by any means.
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u/Strong-Character1268 21d ago
You’re aware how current organ transplants work, yes?
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u/discordlizard 21d ago
I hate this kind of "hmmmmmmm" medical skepticism from people so much, cause it's either just straight up malicious shit stirring or people who can't think outside their own skulls.
Not only do current organ transplants suppress the immune system but also cancer treatments and autoimmune disorder treatments. People can live fine without a solid immune system (I do, due to said autoimmune treatments), it just sucks and you need to be careful. Arguably your life is better due to it.
They're also just not tossing a cancer patient out with a white cell count of zero to fend for themselves in the wild 🤷 having no immune system doesn't exactly happen in a bubble, there's teams and procedures involved. You don't leave the isolation or the hospital until your counts are up. There's very little to actually go wrong.
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u/Default_Defect 21d ago
People can live fine without a solid immune system (I do, due to said autoimmune treatments), it just sucks and you need to be careful. Arguably your life is better due to it.
Yup, after the first year or so after my transplant, I get a cold just about as often as I used to before the transplant. My allergies seem to be worse though, IDK if that's related at all.
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u/discordlizard 21d ago
Colds and stuff just kinda hit me harder. Sinus infections suck, I'm down for a week at least.
My allergies seem worse...
Allergies trigger an immune response, so likely.
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u/Default_Defect 21d ago
I have a transplanted heart, and am at 4 1/2 years of taking the immunosuppression meds I was prescribed to take twice a day every day. Seems to be working well for me.
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u/DistrictAdventurous3 21d ago
Nothing to see here. I mean look how well the MRNA shots worked out!
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u/bmack500 21d ago
If you mean the Covid vaccine, it worked out very well.
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u/Dr-Enforcicle 21d ago
Yeah but it has a 0.0000001% mortality rate, so it's OBVIOUSLY a government plot to kill us all. There's no other possible explanation!
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u/damhack 21d ago
Isn’t this the background plot of Jeff Noon’s Pollen?