As part of the trial, which will begin later this year, kidneys from genetically modified pigs will be transplanted into people with chronic kidney disease whose organs no longer function ...

The Food and Drug Administration has given two biotechnology companies approval for clinical trials that will transplant organs from genetically modified pigs into patients with kidney failure ...

By Roni Caryn Rabin The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to two biotechnology companies for clinical trials that will transplant organs from genetically modified pigs ...

An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting." ...

particularly with pig hearts and pig kidneys. Those organs have already been tested in monkeys, with four humans receiving these experimental surgeries — two for hearts, two for kidneys.

Towana Looney is the fifth patient to be given a gene-edited pig organ since 2022, none of whom survived two months ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty An Alabama woman has become the longest living ...

But the FDA’s new clearance propels the business closer to potentially getting its genetically modified pig organs to patients on a larger stage. UT has been developing the pig organs through ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to two biotechnology companies for clinical trials that will transplant organs from genetically modified pigs into people with ...