Pig Kidney Transplant Trials Given FDA Approval in US

FDA Approves Transplant Trials for Gene-Edited Pig Kidneys
The FDA will allow two biotechnology companies to run clinical trials: United Therapeutics and eGenesis. United Therapeutics Corporation will start with six patients but could grow its trial to include up to 50 individuals, while eGenesis plans to begin with three patients.
F.D.A. Approves Studies of Pig Organ Transplants for Kidney Patients
The research offers hope to tens of thousands of patients with kidney failure who are on a long waiting list for an organ transplant.
FDA OKs clinical trials for pig kidney transplants in people
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first-ever clinical trials testing pig kidney transplants in people with kidney failure, marking a major step forward in cross-species transplantation.
FDA approves pig organ transplant trials for patients with kidney failure
The first clinical trials using organs from genetically modified pigs offer hope to patients with kidney failure, who face a long wait for human organ transplants.
FDA Greenlights Studies of Pig Kidney Transplants in Humans
The US Food and Drug Administration approved clinical trials that will transplant organs from genetically modified pigs into patients with kidney failure.
The science behind the first pig-organ transplant trial in humans
The small trial will help to establish whether kidneys from genetically modified pigs can be transplanted into people safely and effectively.
Pig kidney transplants get green light from FDA for human trials
The United States Food and Drug Administration , in a historic move, allowed the beginning of clinical trials for pig kidney transplants in humans.According to HealthDay, the FDA has approved the beginning of the first-ever clinical trials
FDA Greenlights Human Trials for Pig Kidney Transplants
ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The FDA has granted approval for the first-ever clinical trials testing pig kidney transplants in human patients, a major step in the effort to address a nationwide organ shortage,
United Therapeutics scores FDA go-ahead for pig organ transplant clinical trial
United Therapeutics has scored a regulatory green light to start clinical trials for its genetically modified pig kidneys to be transplanted into humans. It's as significant for the medical community as it is for the business.
Breakthrough: US FDA clears first gene-edited pig kidney transplants in humans
In a significant development for organ transplantation, two U.S. biotechnology companies, United Therapeutics and
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Longest Pig Organ Transplant Survivor Passes 60 Days With New Kidney
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Alabama woman becomes longest living recipient of pig organ transplant
Towana Looney, an Alabama woman who received a gene-edited pig kidney transplant, has surpassed two months post-surgery, ...