Smithsonian Magazine8h
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 ...
Inside Edition1d
Flood Museum Closed Due to Flood
The Johnstown Flood Museum in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, tells the story of the devastating 1889 flood that made the town famous. But recently the museum had to close its doors temporarily … because of ...
Inside the lab that’s the beating heart of Medtronic’s product pipeline
The pink, white and red blob of tissue quivers in a vat of clear goop about the size of a kitchen sink. Graduate students ...
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 ...
Nature3d
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.
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 ...
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 ...