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.
Surgeons Transplant Engineered Pig Kidney Into Fourth Patient
It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, and the first of three that will be done at Mass General as part of a new clinical trial sanctioned by the Food and Drug Administration.
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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 ...
Experimental transplants with organs from gene-edited pigs see major steps forward
On Friday, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that a 66-year-old New Hampshire man had successfully received ...
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Mexico rescinds ban on US biotech corn
The government of Mexico on Thursday rescinded its ban on U.S. biotech (GE, or genetically engineered) corn. “Mexico’s action ...
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5 U.S. States Where Animals Are Mutating Fast!
Something strange is happening in certain parts of the U.S.—animals are mutating in ways scientists never expected! From odd ...
Pangenomic study suggests major DNA flip made finches resistant to certain diseases
Could a novel approach to genetic studies give us a clearer picture of how evolutionary adaptations occur? That's what the ...
New Hampshire man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney
A New Hampshire man has become the second person known to be living with a pig kidney. Massachusetts General Hospital ...