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Pig Pancreas and Insulin Production: A Lifeline for Diabetics
Pig Pancreas and Insulin Production: A Lifeline for DiabeticsAt Sustainable Swine Resources (SSR), we believe that every part of the animal has a purpose, and in the case of the porcine pancreas, that purpose is life-saving. For nearly a century, pig pancreases have...
How Porcine-Derived Materials Are Innovating Regenerative Medicine at StemSys
Innovative Companies Using Porcine-Derived Materials: Industry Spotlight on StemSysAt Sustainable Swine Resources (SSR), we’re proud to partner with companies that are pushing the boundaries of innovation through the thoughtful and sustainable use of porcine-derived...
Porcine Collagen vs. Alternatives: What Makes It a Superior Choice?
Porcine Collagen vs. Alternatives: What Makes It a Superior Choice? Collagen plays a critical role in skin health, joint function, tissue repair, and medical applications, making it a highly sought-after ingredient across multiple industries. While bovine and marine...
Agulos Biotech: Innovating Cell Growth with Plasma-Based Serum
Porcine Partnership: Taking Control of Your Supply ChainAgulos Biotech, a Lake Mills-based company, was founded as a joint venture with Johnsonville, leveraging the sausage company’s expertise and resources to find new, sustainable uses for porcine products. This...
Advancing Innovation: How SSR Supports Academic Research with Precision Porcine Materials
Advancing Innovation: How SSR Supports Academic Research with Precision Porcine Materials At Sustainable Swine Resources (SSR), we understand that academic and product-development researchers require highly specific, high-quality materials to support their work. No...
Porcine Partnership: Taking Control of Your Supply Chain
Porcine Partnership: Taking Control of Your Supply Chain At Sustainable Swine Resources (SSR), we understand that supply chain challenges can slow down operations and impact your bottom line. That’s why we go beyond being a supplier—we act as an extension of your...
A Guide to Different Porcine Materials and Their Uses
At Sustainable Swine Resources (SSR), a division of the family-owned Johnsonville, we have redefined porcine material usage by focusing on sustainability and zero-waste practices. Our mission is to positively impact human, animal, and environmental well-being by...
The Role of Porcine Collagen in Different Industries
Whether you call it porcine collagen, pork collagen, or pig collagen, it all means the same thing. But it refers to collagen derived from pigs, specifically obtained by boiling pig skin and bones. This versatile biomaterial has found a wide array of applications...
1945 Capital and Sustainable Swine Resources (SSR)
Most people don’t know this, but the Johnsonville brand has much more to offer than just the delicious sausage that you’ve come to know and love. Johnsonville is part of a larger enterprise, Johnsonville Holdings, that offers exceptional strategy and innovation within...
The Art and Science of Perfecting Oocyte Extraction at SSR
At SSR Solutions, we specialize in the extraction of high-quality porcine tissues, including oocytes, which play a crucial role in various applications. Oocytes are one of the many parts of the pig that can be utilized to help advance the health and medical...
Versatility of Porcine Materials in Different Industries
Porcine materials, which are different parts of the pig, are widely used across various industries due to their remarkable biological similarities to humans. These materials are not only crucial in advancing scientific and medical fields but also play a significant...
The Journey of a Porcine Tissue Sample
The journey of a porcine tissue sample from farm to laboratory tells the story of sustainability, ethical practice, and scientific contribution. Sustainable Swine Resources (SSR) stands at the forefront of this story, demonstrating how ethical sourcing and...
The Sustainable Swine Revolution: How SSR is Paving the Way
At Sustainable Swine Resources (SSR), we are at the forefront towards sustainability in the swine industry. As a provider of high-quality porcine materials, our commitment extends beyond the supply chain. In collaboration with PQA+ certified farmers, SSR is...
Harnessing the Power of Pericardia
At Sustainable Swine Resources (SSR), our commitment to providing high-quality porcine materials extends to exploring the incredible potential of every part of the sow. This includes using pericardia, the sac around the heart, for its diverse applications in science,...
Welcoming Noah Gibson
At Sustainable Swine Resources (SSR), we're delighted to introduce our latest addition to the team, Noah Gibson, who officially joined us in September 2023 as our Sales Manager. Noah's role marks a significant milestone in our journey to deliver high-quality porcine...
The Vital Role of Porcine Tissue Suppliers in Advancing Life Sciences
In the ever-evolving landscape of life sciences, Porcine Tissue Suppliers play a pivotal role in supporting research, drug development, and medical device testing. Sustainable Swine Resources (SSR), as the USA's largest supplier of sow co-products, is at the forefront...
Porcine Materials Play an Important Role in Medical Care and Innovation
Pigs play an important role in the overall health and wellness of millions of people around the world. While harvesting pigs for food is a commonly known practice, what the general population might not see is the benefit of processing pigs after they have been...
Exploring the Potential of Oocytes: Unlocking the Future of Animal & Human Health
At Sustainable Swine Resources (SSR), our commitment to innovation and sustainability has always been at the forefront of our operations. As the USA's largest supplier of sow co-products, we take pride in leading the industry in providing high-quality porcine tissue....
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
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...
The Importance of Working with PQA + Certified Farmers
Here at Johnsonville/Sustainable Swine Resources (SSR), we take animal health and safety very seriously. One of the ways we show that and provide insight to our customers is by working with only farmers who are PQA+ certified to provide the highest quality porcine...
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
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
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 application of porcine in medicine, or...
Introduction to Organ Meats
When it comes to promoting sustainability in the food industry, one approach that has been gaining attention isn’t new. The consumption of organ meats – commonly known as offal, which is defined as “the entrails and internal organs of an animal used as food.” Offal...
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For over 30 years, SSR Lifesciences has provided biomedical researchers, companies and manufacturers a complete range of high-quality porcine materials sourced, prepared and delivered precisely to client's specifications.