FDA approves trial of pig livers for dialysis-like treatment for liver failure - Juta MedicalBrief

FDA approves trial of pig livers for dialysis-like treatment for liver failure - Juta MedicalBrief

Researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat liver failure patients – 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 last week with its British partner OrganOx. The Associated Press reports that the latest study, which is expected …

Cambridge, Massachusetts and Oxford, England – The US manufacturer eGenesis, which breeds genetically modified pigs for xenotransplantation, and the British company OrganOx, which offers a perfusor for the testing of liver transplants, have received the green light from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a Phase 1 clinical trial...