FDA approves genetically altering pigs, to potentially make food, drugs, and transplants safer
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By: Elizabeth Cooney
Posted on: December 14, 2020
Category: Health
FDA approves genetically altering pigs, to potentially make food, drugs, and transplants safer
Genetically engineering pigs so they lack a certain sugar on the surface of their cells that triggers meat allergies or organ rejection won approval from the Food and Drug Administration Monday. The regulatory clearance — the first of an intentional genomic alteration in a product with both food and medical uses — means the animals could be safer sources of not just food but also treatments such as the blood-thinner heparin.
“Today’s first ever approval of an animal biotechnology product for both food and as a potential source for biomedical use represents a tremendous milestone for scientific innovation,” FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said in a statement.
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