Human-like teeth successfully grown in a pig’s mouth
For the past two decades, scientists have been manipulating genes to grow human cells where you wouldn’t quite expect them.
How Humans Unintentionally Altered the Skulls of Pigs
Short snouts and a flat profile - within a span of 100 years, humans have significantly changed the shape of the skulls of ...
Drugmaker to study pig kidney transplants in humans with groundbreaking trial
FDA clears United Therapeutics for human trials of pig-to-human kidney transplants. Trial involves gene-edited pig kidneys ...
Smithsonian Magazine4d
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 ...
Nature7d
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.
CNN4d
Experimental transplants with organs from gene-edited pigs see major steps forward
eGenesis workers make more than 60 edits to help manage a host of potential issues including rejection, size of the organ and even pig retroviruses that could potentially infect humans.
Monthly Prescribing Reference6d
FDA Approves Clinical Trials for Pig Kidney Transplants in Humans
Doctors will monitor each transplant patient for 24 weeks and require lifelong follow-ups to track health outcomes and potential risks such as pathogens that could cross from pigs to humans ...