Lauran Neergaard

5 days ago | argus-press.com | Lauran Neergaard

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure — by temporarily filtering their blood so their own organ can rest and maybe heal. The first-of-its-kind clinical trial has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, according to pig producer eGenesis, which announced the step Tuesday with its partner OrganOx.An estimated 35,000 people in the U.S. are hospitalized each year when their liver suddenly fails.

5 days ago | chronicle-tribune.com | Lauran Neergaard

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure — by temporarily filtering their blood so their own organ can rest and maybe heal. The first-of-its-kind clinical trial has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, according to pig producer eGenesis, which announced the step Tuesday with its partner OrganOx.kAmp? 6DE:>2E65 bd[___ A6@A=6 :? E96 &]$] 2C6 9@DA:E2=:K65 6249 J62C H96?

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1 week ago | chronicle-tribune.com | Lauran Neergaard

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday – a disappointment in the ongoing quest for animal-to-human transplants. Towana Looney is recovering well from the April 4 removal surgery at NYU Langone Health and has returned home to Gadsden, Alabama.

1 week ago | enidnews.com | Lauran Neergaard

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure — by temporarily filtering their blood so their own organ can rest and maybe heal. The first-of-its-kind clinical trial has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, according to pig producer eGenesis, which announced the step Tuesday with its partner OrganOx.kAmp? 6DE:>2E65 bd[___ A6@A=6 :? E96 &]$] 2C6 9@DA:E2=:K65 6249 J62C H96?