•A young genetically altered pig looking out from a warming box 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. United Therapeutics along with another company, eGenesis, have been working since 2021 on experiments implanting pig ki...
•Towana Looney, 53, and Dr. Jeffrey Stern Towana Looney donated a kidney to her mother in 1999 only for the remaining one to fail years later due to pregnancy complications. Now, the 53-year-old from Alabama has become the latest recipient of a gene-edited pig kidney — and is currently the only living person in the […]
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