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First clinical trial of pig kidney transplants gets underway
The trial aims to address the shortage of over 100,000 kidney patients on the U.S. transplant list by testing gene-edited pig kidneys for improved human compatibility.
- The first clinical trial of pig kidney transplants has begun, announced by United Therapeutics, with a successful initial transplant performed at NYU Langone Health.
- This trial is the first of its kind globally for xenotransplantation and will start with six participants, with potential expansion if successful.
- The Food and Drug Administration is supporting these studies after previous mixed results from compassionate use experiments.
- NYU's Dr. Robert Montgomery stated, "This thing is moving in the right direction" based on patient experiences in the trial.
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United Therapeutics, a producer of genetically modified pig kidneys, announced Monday that the first transplant in the clinical trial was successfully performed at NYU Langone Health.
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The Independent (US)Groundbreaking pig organ transplant trial gets underway
It’s the latest step in the quest for animal-to-human transplants
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First Clinical Trial of Pig Kidney Transplants Gets Underway
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United Therapeutics Corporation Announces First Transplant in EXPAND Clinical Trial of UKidney in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease - Life Sciences British Columbia
Ongoing EXPAND Study is the First Clinical Trial to Evaluate Xenotransplantation in End-Stage Renal Disease SILVER SPRING, Md. & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.- United Therapeutics Corporation announced the first clinical xenotransplantation in […]
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