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Asahi Kasei buys antiviral firm Aicuris for €780m

Asahi Kasei has agreed to buy Germany's Aicuris for around $920m, adding an antiviral drug it hopes will help drive its 2030 pharma sales to $1.9bn.

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Recent breakthroughs in 3D bioprinting: A look at trends and...

3D bioprinting technology is bringing a new revolutionary wave to the healthcare industry.

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First gene-edited pig liver transplant 'worked for 10 days'

In a xenotransplant milestone, scientists have carried out the first transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a brain-dead human patient.

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Eledon drug helps transplants 'cure' type 1 diabetes

Eledon Pharmaceuticals has revealed that two patients with type 1 diabetes achieved a 'functional cure' after receiving a transplant of insulin-producing islet cells in combination with its

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Rick Slayman, kidney xenotransplantation patient

First recipient of pig kidney transplant dies

The first person to receive a transplant of a kidney from a pig has died almost two months after the procedure, although the transplant itself does not seem to be involved

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