FDA Clears First Of Its Kind Suture Made Using DNA Technology

... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced it has cleared for marketing in the U.S. the TephaFLEX Absorbable Suture- the first absorbable polymer suture made from material isolated from bacteria modified by recombinant DNA technology. Recombinant DNA technology uses living organisms to create chemicals that may be more difficult to produce under standard industrial methods. [click link for full article] ...