Pork should produce meat that is safe to eat, and organs and tissues safe for transplantation, and for other biomedical use for people with allergies to the compound – a sugar found on the surface of animal cells called alpha-gale. .
It can help people with alpha-gel allergies – sometimes allergic to tick bites.
FDA Commissioner Dr. Step. “Today’s first approval of animal biotechnology products, both for food and as a potential source of biomedical use, is an extremely important goal for scientific innovation,” said Stephen Hayne.
People with alpha-gale syndrome can safely use products made from their bodies, FDA officials said in a media briefing. This may include blood thinner heparin made from pig intestines, as well as tissue or organ transplants.
“In the U.S., the condition most often begins when a lone star bites someone and carries alpha-gel sugar into a person’s body. In some people, this triggers an immune response that later leads to a mild to severe allergic reaction to alpha-g allergens. “Red meat contains sugar,” the agency said in a statement.
The FDA conducted a toxicology review. The director of the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine, Dr. “We have investigated this and this is a product that is safe for the general population, human food production,” Steven Solomon told reporters.
In 2009, the FDA approved the first product made by genetically engineered animals – an anticoagulant, used to prevent blood clots in patients with a rare disease known as hereditary antithrombin deficiency. The product, called atrin, is made using genetically modified goat’s milk.
There is also a remedy called Kanuma which is made from genetically engineered chicken eggs and is used to treat people with protein deficiency and a product called SevenFact made from genetically modified rabbit milk is used to treat a specific form of hemophilia.
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