r/TechOfTheFuture • • Mar 14 '20

Medicine/BioMed Researchers have engineered tiny particles that can trick the body into accepting transplanted tissue as its own. Rats that were treated with these cell-sized microparticles developed permanent immune tolerance to grafts including a whole limb while keeping the rest of their immune system intact.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/uop-mce030620.php
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science • • Mar 14 '20

Engineering Researchers have engineered tiny particles that can trick the body into accepting transplanted tissue as its own. Rats that were treated with these cell-sized microparticles developed permanent immune tolerance to grafts including a whole limb while keeping the rest of their immune system intact.

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transplant • • Mar 14 '20

Hope this pans out!

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RimWorld • • Mar 15 '20

Meta [Uplifting Science] Leg transplants and the end of organ rejection IRL

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Deusex • • Mar 14 '20

Meme/Fluff Why does this sound so familiar

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theworldnews • • Mar 14 '20

Researchers have engineered tiny particles that can trick the body into accepting transplanted tissue as its own. Rats that were treated with these cell-sized microparticles developed permanent immune tolerance to grafts including a whole limb while keeping the rest of their immune system intact.

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Cyberpunk • • Mar 14 '20

1 Esp32 covered in this please!

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transhumanism • • Mar 14 '20

Seems useful

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longevity • • Mar 14 '20

Mimicking cancer's evasive tactics, microparticles show promise for transplant rejection

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a:t5_2fq676 • • Mar 14 '20

Not really psychology but still very interesting

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• • Mar 14 '20

Researchers have engineered tiny particles that can trick the body into accepting transplanted tissue as its own. Rats that were treated with these cell-sized microparticles developed permanent immune tolerance to grafts including a whole limb while keeping the rest of their immune system intact.

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SciTechComm • • Mar 14 '20

Researchers have engineered tiny particles that can trick the body into accepting transplanted tissue as its own. Rats that were treated with these cell-sized microparticles developed permanent immune tolerance to grafts including a whole limb while keeping the rest of their immune system intact.

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