Gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into brain-dead patient 1 month ago is still functioning, doctors say. Doctors say it could lead to more animal-human transplants in the future.

Normal Graft Function After Pig-to-Human Kidney Xenotransplant. JAMA Surg. 2023. The study may pave the way for a future where animal organs can be used to treat people with kidney failure.

Slayman received his first kidney transplant in 2018 from a human donor. The donor kidney initially functioned well, but Slayman started to go into kidney failure after years of living with diabetes.

A genetically altered pig kidney has functioned for 32 days in a brain-dead man. His heart is still beating, and he is breathing with the aid of a respirator.

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...

Slayman has had type 2 diabetes for 30 years and was on dialysis for seven years before receiving his first kidney transplant from a deceased donor in 2018, said his nephrologist, Dr. Winfred ...

New advancements in transplanting pig kidneys to humans, detailed by two separate research teams on Wednesday, mark key steps forward in the evolving field of xenotransplantation, the use of non ...

Doctors have transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a living human patient for the first time ever. Skip to main content. Scientific American. March 22, 2024. 3 min read.

A normal pig embryo (top row) and one with human kidney cells, labelled in red (below) Wang, Xie, Li, Li, and Zhang et al./Cell Stem Cell.

Doctors transplant pig kidney into man in Boston 02:55. BOSTON – For the first time ever, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston transplanted a pig kidney into a living human ...

An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday – a disappointment in ...

This is the first time a pig kidney has been transplanted into a living human, which makes it a significant milestone in the field of xenotransplantation, or the transfer of animal organs to humans.