The US Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to human trials involving kidneys from its pigs.
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Pig kidney transplants take a step forward with approval of human trials
Scientists continue to make progress with research on how well pig organs might perform in humans, and now they’re ready for the next step: larger-scale clinical trials. eGenesis, one of the biotech companies developing gene-edited pigs whose organs are transplanted into humans, said Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to human trials involving kidneys from its pigs.
