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Feb 29, 2024 · A network of farms could supply organs nationwide. Once the pigs are old enough, clones are bred with other clones to produce more litters of identically modified animals that could be...
- Rob Stein
Dec 14, 2020 · Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a first-of-its-kind intentional genomic alteration (IGA) in a line of domestic pigs, referred to as GalSafe pigs, which may be used for...
The first organs taken from genetically engineered pigs have been put into people and the recipient of the first pig heart managed to survive for two months. So how close are we to using pigs...
Mar 21, 2024 · Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital said they transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a living human for the first time. The 62-year-old recipient has end-stage kidney disease.
- Rob Stein
Jan 21, 2021 · A line of genetically modified pigs gained the federal approvals needed to be sold for medical uses and meat. The modification, approved by the Food and Drug Administration in December, eliminates detectable amounts of alpha-gal, a sugar molecule, on the surface of pig cells.
Jan 14, 2022 · Nature - Researchers hope that a person who has so far lived for a week with a genetically modified pig heart will provide a trove of data on the possibilities of xenotransplantation.
Apr 12, 2021 · The first genetically engineered pig products could soon be coming to a dinner plate—or pharmacy—near you. Late last year, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized a facility in...
