SEATTLE, July 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ: SANA), a company focused on changing the possible for patients through engineered cells, today announced a symposium presentation highlighting clinical data from an investigator-sponsored, first-in-human study transplanting UP421, an allogeneic primary islet cell therapy engineered with Sana’s hypoimmune platform (HIP) technology, into a patient with type 1 diabetes without any immunosuppression. The symposium will be held at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Annual Meeting 2026 taking place from September 28 - October 2, 2026 in Milan, Italy.
Symposium Title:Stem cell-derived islets in clinical trials: towards a cure for type 1 diabetesPresentation Title: Hypoimmune islets: engineering immune evasion for durable transplantation without immunosuppressionPresentation Date:Friday, October 2, 2026Presentation Time:9:10 - 9:30 a.m. CESTAbout Sana Biotechnology
Sana Biotechnology, Inc. is focused on creating and delivering engineered cells as medicines for patients. We share a vision of repairing and controlling genes, replacing missing or damaged cells, and making our therapies broadly available to patients. We are a passionate group of people working together to create an enduring company that changes how the world treats disease. Sana has operations in Seattle, WA, Cambridge, MA, and South San Francisco, CA.
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