Organization	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Organization	1. Organization Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (the Company or Sana) is a biotechnology company focusing on utilizing engineered cells as medicines. The Company’s operations to date have included identifying and developing potential product candidates, executing preclinical studies, establishing manufacturing capabilities, preparing for and executing clinical trials of its product candidates and supporting clinical trials of product candidates developed using its technologies, acquiring technologies, staffing the Company, business planning, establishing and maintaining the Company’s intellectual property portfolio, raising capital, and providing general and administrative support for these operations. Liquidity and capital resources The Company is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties similar to other biotechnology companies in the development stage, including, but not limited to, those related to the need to obtain adequate additional funding, possible failure of preclinical testing or clinical trials, the need to obtain marketing approval for its product candidates, building its manufacturing capabilities, competitors developing new technological innovations, the need to successfully commercialize and gain market acceptance of the Company’s products, the need to protect the Company’s intellectual property and proprietary technologies, and the need to attract and retain key scientific and management personnel. If the Company does not successfully commercialize or partner any of its product candidates, it will be unable to generate product revenue or achieve profitability. Until such time as the Company can generate significant revenue from product sales, if ever, it expects to finance its operations with the proceeds from additional equity or debt financings or capital obtained in connection with strategic collaborations or licensing or other arrangements. In the event that additional financing is required, the Company may not be able to raise capital on terms acceptable to it or at all. In March 2026, the Company entered into an amended and restated sales agreement (the Sales Agreement) with TD Securities (USA) LLC (TD Cowen), acting as sales agent, pursuant to which it may offer and sell through TD Cowen shares of the Company's common stock from time to time in a series of one or more at the market equity offerings. The Company initially intends to offer and sell up to $150.0 million of shares of the Company's common stock under the Sales Agreement pursuant to a prospectus supplement to be filed with the SEC (collectively, the ATM facility). The Sales Agreement amends and restates the Company's prior sales agreement with TD Cowen entered into in May 2025 (the Prior Sales Agreement). During the quarter and year ended December 31, 2025, the Company sold an aggregate of 3.9 million shares and 11.3 million shares of the Company's common stock, respectively, under the Prior Sales Agreement, for net proceeds of approximately $17.0 million and $45.8 million, respectively, after deducting commissions and expenses. In August 2025, the Company completed an underwritten public offering pursuant to which it sold 24.3 million shares of its common stock, including 3.4 million shares pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares, and pre-funded warrants to purchase 1.5 million shares of its common stock for net proceeds of approximately $80.6 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses. In February 2024, the Company completed an underwritten public offering pursuant to which it sold 21.8 million shares of its common stock, including 4.5 million shares pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares, and pre-funded warrants to purchase 12.7 million shares of its common stock for net proceeds of approximately $180.0 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses. The Company has incurred operating losses each year since inception and expects such losses to continue for the foreseeable future. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities of $138.4 million, and an accumulated deficit of $1.8 billion, which includes cumulative non-cash charges related to the revaluation of the success payment liabilities and contingent consideration of $16.8 million and $72.5 million, respectively. Management has determined that the Company's current capital resources may not be sufficient to fund its planned operations for at least one year from the date of this Annual Report, and there is substantial doubt as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Company's ability to continue as a going concern will depend on, among other things, its ability to obtain additional funding and appropriately manage the amount of cash used to fund its operations. The Company plans to address this condition through equity or debt offerings or capital obtained in connection with strategic collaborations or licensing or other arrangements. If the Company is unable to obtain such financing, it may be required to pursue alternative sources of capital which may not be available to it on favorable terms, significantly modify its operational plans by delaying, reducing the scope of, or ceasing some or all of its research and development programs, or pursue strategic alternatives.

Organization

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2025

1. Organization

Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (the Company or Sana) is a biotechnology company focusing on utilizing engineered cells as medicines. The Company’s operations to date have included identifying and developing potential product candidates, executing preclinical studies, establishing manufacturing capabilities, preparing for and executing clinical trials of its product candidates and supporting clinical trials of product candidates developed using its technologies, acquiring technologies, staffing the Company, business planning, establishing and maintaining the Company’s intellectual property portfolio, raising capital, and providing general and administrative support for these operations.

Liquidity and capital resources

The Company is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties similar to other biotechnology companies in the development stage, including, but not limited to, those related to the need to obtain adequate additional funding, possible failure of preclinical testing or clinical trials, the need to obtain marketing approval for its product candidates, building its manufacturing capabilities, competitors developing new technological innovations, the need to successfully commercialize and gain market acceptance of the Company’s products, the need to protect the Company’s intellectual property and proprietary technologies, and the need to attract and retain key scientific and management personnel. If the Company does not successfully commercialize or partner any of its product candidates, it will be unable to generate product revenue or achieve profitability. Until such time as the Company can generate significant revenue from product sales, if ever, it expects to finance its operations with the proceeds from additional equity or debt financings or capital obtained in connection with strategic collaborations or licensing or other arrangements. In the event that additional financing is required, the Company may not be able to raise capital on terms acceptable to it or at all.

In March 2026, the Company entered into an amended and restated sales agreement (the Sales Agreement) with TD Securities (USA) LLC (TD Cowen), acting as sales agent, pursuant to which it may offer and sell through TD Cowen shares of the Company's common stock from time to time in a series of one or more at the market equity offerings. The Company initially intends to offer and sell up to $150.0 million of shares of the Company's common stock under the Sales Agreement pursuant to a prospectus supplement to be filed with the SEC (collectively, the ATM facility). The Sales Agreement amends and restates the Company's prior sales agreement with TD Cowen entered into in May 2025 (the Prior Sales Agreement). During the quarter and year ended December 31, 2025, the Company sold an aggregate of 3.9 million shares and 11.3 million shares of the Company's common stock, respectively, under the Prior Sales Agreement, for net proceeds of approximately $17.0 million and $45.8 million, respectively, after deducting commissions and expenses.

In August 2025, the Company completed an underwritten public offering pursuant to which it sold 24.3 million shares of its common stock, including 3.4 million shares pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares, and pre-funded warrants to purchase 1.5 million shares of its common stock for net proceeds of approximately $80.6 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.

In February 2024, the Company completed an underwritten public offering pursuant to which it sold 21.8 million shares of its common stock, including 4.5 million shares pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares, and pre-funded warrants to purchase 12.7 million shares of its common stock for net proceeds of approximately $180.0 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.

The Company has incurred operating losses each year since inception and expects such losses to continue for the foreseeable future. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities of $138.4 million, and an accumulated deficit of $1.8 billion, which includes cumulative non-cash charges related to the revaluation of the success payment liabilities and contingent consideration of $16.8 million and $72.5 million, respectively. Management has determined that the Company's current capital resources may not be sufficient to fund its planned operations for at least one year from the date of this Annual Report, and there is substantial doubt as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Company's ability to continue as a going concern will depend on, among other things, its ability to obtain additional funding and appropriately manage the amount of cash used to fund its operations. The Company plans to address this condition through equity or debt offerings or capital obtained in connection with strategic collaborations or licensing or other arrangements. If the Company is unable to obtain such financing, it may be required to pursue alternative sources of capital which may not be available to it on favorable terms, significantly modify its operational plans by delaying, reducing the scope of, or ceasing some or all of its research and development programs, or pursue strategic alternatives.