01:11 PM EDT, 03/13/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose Friday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index increasing 0.3% and the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) up 0.4%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) declined 0.6%.

In corporate news, Sana Biotechnology ( SANA ) shares popped 6% after the company said Friday that 14-month follow-up data from a first-in-human study showed that hypoimmune-modified islet cells survived and continued to produce insulin in a type 1 diabetes patient without requiring immunosuppressing drugs.