U.S. researchers are about to test if livers from gene-edited pigs could treat people with sudden liver failure — not with a ...

Treatment options are limited for those with sudden liver failure and the condition has a death rate as high as 50%.

Pigs bred for animal-to-human organ transplant experiments are usually genetically modified to reduce the chance that the ...

The FDA has cleared the first clinical trial to test genetically engineered pig livers in patients who have acute-on-chronic liver failure. The trial will evaluate the use of a Egenesis porcine liver ...

Genesis has gained US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance on an Investigational New Drug (IND) application for a ...

U.S. researchers are about to test if livers from gene-edited pigs could treat people with sudden liver failure — not with a transplant but temporarily attached outside the body WASHINGTON -- U ...

This photo provided by eGenesis on Jan. 18, 2024 shows a genetically modified pig liver in Massachusetts before transportation to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in December 2023.

WASHINGTON — 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 ...