Pigs developed to be resistant to deadly virus
On Oct. 22, 2025, a Roslin Institute led team announced they have developed pigs that are resistant to…
Solid dose vaccine protects pigs against virus
On Sept. 30, 2025, a team of researchers involving Roslin Institute scientists tested a solid dose of a…
In a first, pig lung survives and functions—briefly—in a person
On Aug. 25, 2025, in a small step forward for the long-struggling field of xenotransplantation, surgeons in China…
Tiny human hearts grown in pig embryos for the first time
On Jun. 13, 2025, researchers reported growing hearts containing human cells in pig embryos for the first time….
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FDA approves gene-editing tech creating PRRS-resistant pigs
On Apr. 30, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of a gene-editing technology…
Biotechnology | Cloning | CRISPR | Environmental | Genomics
Colossal Biosciences announces de-extinction of dire wolf
On Apr. 7, 2025, scientists at Colossal Biosciences announced the successful de-extinction of the dire wolf with the…
United Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of Pig Transplantation Clinical Trial
On Feb. 3, 2025, United Therapeutics, a public benefit corporation, announced that the U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
United Therapeutics Announced World’s First Successful UKidney Transplant
On Dec. 17, 2024, United Therapeutics, a public benefit corporation, announced the world’s first transplant of a UKidney,…
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U.S. detects H5N1 bird flu in a pig for the first time on Oregon Farm
On Oct. 30, 2024, the the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that H5N1 bird flu was confirmed…
Pig’s Brain Revived almost an Hour After death
On Sept. 19, 2024, scientists from Sun Yat-Sen University in China announced they had revived a pig’s brain…
First-ever combined heart pump & gene-edited pig kidney transplant gives new hope to patient with terminal illness
On Apr. 24, 2024, surgeons at NYU Langone Health announced they had performed the first combined mechanical heart…
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CDC reported first human infection in 2024 with an influenza virus from pigs
On Mar. 29, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the first U.S. human…
In a first, genetically edited pig kidney was transplanted into a human
On Mar. 21, 2024, Harvard Medical School physician-scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital announced they had successfully transplanted a…
Eledon Pharma announced use of tegoprubart in first-ever transplant of genetically modified kidney from a pig to a human
On Mar. 21, 2024, Eledon Pharmaceuticals announced that tegoprubart, the company’s investigational anti-CD40L antibody, was used as a…
Pig kidney xenotransplantation performed optimally after 32 days in human body
On Aug. 16, 2023, surgeons at NYU Langone Health announed they had transplanted a genetically engineered pig kidney…
CDC reported two human infections with swine flu viruses
On Aug. 4, 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the first two U.S….
US FDA Says Yes to First University-made Sausage from Gene-edited Pigs
On May 3, 2023, Washington State University (WSU) made history in the United States (US) by becoming the…
NIH awarded University of Missouri $8 million grant to expand National Swine Resource and Research Center
On Oct. 25, 2022, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that the University of Missouri had been…
USDA confirmed highly pathogenic Avian influenza in Tennessee
On Sept. 15, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed…
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CDC confirmed first human infection with flu virus from pigs during 2022
On Aug. 5, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the first human infection with…
First successful transplant of porcine heart into adult human with end-stage heart disease
On Jan. 10, 2022, in a first-of-its-kind surgery, a 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease received a successful…
The U.S. CDC reported two new variant Influenza (Flu) virus infections
On Oct. 22, 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported two new U.S. human…
Virginia Tech and UVA virologists developed broadly protective coronavirus vaccines
On Mar. 24, 2021, Virginia Tech researchers announced that their candidate Coronavirus vaccines, prevented pigs from becoming ill…
Reston Ebolavirus spreads efficiently in pigs
On Dec. 21, 2020, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a study published in the Proceedings…
FDA approved first-of-its-kind Intentional genomic alteration in Line of domestic pigs for human food, potential therapeutic uses
On Dec. 14, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the a first-of-its-kind intentional genomic alteration…
FDA approved first intentional genomic alteration in domestic pigs for both human food, potential therapeutic uses
On Dec. 14, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a first-of-its-kind intentional genomic alteration (IGA) in…
CDC announced action to prepare against ‘G4’ swine flu viruses in China with pandemic potential
On Jul. 2, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a publication in the…
Scientists at the Salk Institute announced they were step closer to being able to grow human organs inside pigs
On Jan. 26, 2017, scientists at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, CA, announced they were one step…
University of British Columbia scientists developed synthetic heart valves
On Sept. 1, 2016, the University of British Columbia (UBC) announced that researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus had…
FDA recommended physicians suspend use of GSK’s Rotarix rotavirus vaccine due to porcine circovirus 1 contamination
On Mar. 23, 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended that physicians temporarily suspend use of…