Pigs need to produce meat that is safe to eat, and for organ and tissue transplants, and for other biomedical applications for those with allergies to the component – a sugar found on the surface of animal cells called alpha-foot. .
This may help people with allergies to alpha-gel – an allergy is sometimes triggered by a tick bite.
“Today’s first approval for an animal biotechnology product as a potential source for food and biomedical use represents the biggest milestone for scientific discoveries,” said FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn.
FDA officials told a news conference that people with alpha-foot syndrome could safely use products made from their bodies. This includes blood thinner heparin made from pig gut, as well as tissue or organ transplantation.
“In the United States, this condition often begins when a lone star tick bites a person and transmits alpha-gall sugar into a person’s body. The report said.
The FDA conducted a toxicology study. “We have researched this, and it is a product that is safe for the general public and human food production,” Dr. Steven Solomon, director of the FDA’s Veterinary Center, told reporters.
In 2009, the FDA approved the first product made by genetically engineered animals – an anticoagulant used to treat blood clots in patients with a rare disease called hereditary antithrombin deficiency. This product, called ATryn, is made using the milk of genetically modified goats.
There is also a treatment called ganuma, which is made from the eggs of genetically engineered chickens, used to treat people with a rare protein deficiency and a product called Sevenfact made from the milk of genetically modified rabbits used to treat a specific form of hemophilia.