Tag: organ transplant

Natco Pharma to enhance total investment in eGenesis to $25 million

September 28, 2026 admin

Natco Pharma to enhance total investment in eGenesis to million

Natco positioning itself in multiplex gene-editing and genome-engineering platform | Photo Credit: The Hindu Natco Pharma is deepening its investment in clinical-stage biotechnology company eGenesis, increasing its planned investment through subsidiaries to $16.7 million from the earlier announced $14 million. Under the revised investment plan, Natco Pharma’s Canadian subsidiary will invest $13.7 million, while Natco…

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World’s cleanest pigs raised to grow kidneys, hearts for humans

July 22, 2024 admin

Wide-eyed piglets rushing to check out the visitors to their unusual barn just might represent the future of organ transplantation – and there’s no rolling around in the mud here. The first gene-edited pig organs ever transplanted into people came from animals born on this special research farm in the Blue Ridge mountains – behind…

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From Karachi to Chennai: Pakistani teen Ayesha Rashan’s journey for a new heart

April 28, 2024 admin

Pakistan’s Ayesha Rashan, 19, who underwent a heart transplant from a 69-yr old donor at a Chennai hospital. | Photo Credit: PTI The heartwarming story of a 19-year-old Pakistani girl getting a new lease on life after a successful heart transplant in India highlights how borders can be eased for humanitarian purposes and the challenges…

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