Thread

1. Noe2097 · 1790280618 · focus · HN ↗

   > And even after taking [immunosuppressants], there’s a 30% chance the kidney will be rejected within 10 years. This is not helpful.

   To the author: thank you, you made my day. It had been a very, very long time since I last read an article on the Internet that felt written by a human being - with humor, some poetry, and science.

   1. varispeed · 1790286213 · focus · HN ↗

      Why nature did this? So that 3rd parties don't engage in organ swaps?

      Almost like Apple with component serialisation.

      1. pocksuppet · 1790290016 · focus · HN ↗

         The way your body detects foreign cells is the same way your body detects foreign cells. It detects anything that doesn't have your, specific, randomly-generated at conception, friend-or-foe markers.

         1. Ancapistani · 1790302643 · focus · HN ↗

            Would those markers be usable as a natural UUID?

            1. Terr_ · 1790317160 · focus · HN ↗

               Not the major HLA markers, no, because there's a ~25% chance it'll match for two siblings [0] and can sometimes match other relatives.

               Once you start looking at even more factors, you start reinventing a regular DNA-matching test.

               [0] The "Birthday Paradox" makes the odds of confusion even higher with more siblings.

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.