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Pig Kidney Xenotransplantation Update

Pig Kidney Xenotransplantation Update

On July 14th, 2023, Surgeons at NYU Langone Health achieved a significant medical milestone by successfully transplanting a genetically engineered pig kidney into a human recipient who had been declared dead by neurologic criteria. The transplanted pig kidney, which...
How Companies are Using Porcine Collagen in Healthcare

How Companies are Using Porcine Collagen in Healthcare

Porcine collagen, also called pork collagen, has emerged as a groundbreaking component in the realm of healthcare. With its remarkable properties, it has garnered significant attention for different applications in the medical field. The potential of porcine collagen...
Benefits of Heparin

Benefits of Heparin

Porcine materials can become helpful ingredients in a wide range of market uses. From food offerings, medical devices, industrial components and much more, harvesting porcine tissues continues to be a sustainable way to reduce waste in the pork industry. While many...
Standards that Save Lives: SSR on Quality

Standards that Save Lives: SSR on Quality

Because porcine tissues and other materials derived from pigs can be used in so many sustainable applicable ways to reduce waste, it’s important that high quality standards are maintained throughout the entire harvest process. At SSR, many of our products go into the...
Porcine Materials and Pharmaceuticals

Porcine Materials and Pharmaceuticals

Among the different uses of porcine tissues and other pig co-products, the pharmaceutical industry maximizes the use of pigs to research and create groundbreaking new medicines that improve the lives of humans and animals. This use of porcine, or pig, medicine...

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