MGH completes its second pig-to-human kidney transplant
A Mass General Hospital surgical team has completed its second pig-to-human kidney transplant, less than a year after the ...
Kidneys from Black donors are more likely to be thrown away − a bioethicist explains why
As it is now, the transplant system treats kidneys from all Black donors as if they are at higher risk for failing, even ...
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 ...
AFP on MSN5 天
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 ...
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 ...
United Therapeutics Corporation Announces FDA Clearance of its Investigational New Drug ...
United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR), a public benefit corporation, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Investigational New Drug application (IND ...
Smithsonian Magazine3 天
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 ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN3 天
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 ...
Health Affairs3 天
The Organ Transplantation System Is Inequitable. Modernized Data Can Help Fix That
In the absence of accessible, integrated, multidimensional patient data, the organ transplant system will remain both highly ...
ScienceAlert4 天
Pig Kidney Transplant Trials Given FDA Approval in The US
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.
The Washington Post5 天
FDA approves pig organ transplant trials for patients with kidney failure
“Our goal is to increase the availability of transplantable organs to offer a therapeutic alternative to a lifetime on dialysis,” Leigh Peterson, executive vice president of product ...