Pig Kidney Transplant Trials Given FDA Approval in US

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 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 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.
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
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
US greenlights pig kidney transplant trials
Two US biotech companies say the Food and Drug Administration has cleared them to conduct clinical trials of their gene-edited pig kidneys for human transplants.
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.
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The only person in the world with a functioning pig organ is thriving after a record 2 months
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Alabama woman who is only person in the world with a functioning pig organ reaches record 2-month milestone
An Alabama woman who is the only living recipient of a pig organ transplant became the longest living person with a ...
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, ...