Previous skepticism turns to optimism as the first clinical trials for transplantation with genetically edited pig kidneys ...

In a medical first, a research team in China has successfully stitched a CRISPR gene-edited pig liver into a brain-dead ...

A biotech company recently announced that it's implanted another pig kidney into a human recipient. Here's what to know.

Today, technologies such as CRISPR–Cas9 allow scientists to eliminate this molecule and modify pig genes encoding other molecules to better match human biology, explains Riella. United ...

Mar. 13, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a handful of new CRISPR-Cas systems that could add to the capabilities of the already transformational gene editing and DNA manipulation toolbox.

A recent study estimates if ASFV reached the United States it could result in economic losses exceeding $50 billion over a ten-year period.

Researchers from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), and the International Livestock ...

The kidneys used in the new surgeries are modified using the gene-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 to: Remove certain pig genes that produce sugars with antibodies our immune systems react to.

Cas9, scientists reconstitute live African swine fever virus from synthetic genomes, accelerating vaccine development for ...

The strategic significance of Africa in global health research cannot be underestimated and so are the dangers of Africans being used as guinea pigs or worse still ... advanced biotechnological tools ...