Pig Kidney Transplant: A Medical Breakthrough
First Pig Kidney Transplant In A Person
What It Means For The Future
The world's first successful transplant of a genetically edited pig kidney into a 62-year-old man living with end-stage kidney disease has made researchers hopeful that clinical trials could begin soon.
The pig kidney, provided by biotech company Revivicor, co-founded by HMS scientists, was genetically edited to make it more compatible with humans. The early success of the operation has made researchers hopeful that clinical trials could begin soon.
Pig Kidney Xenotransplantation Performing Optimally After 32 Days in Human Body
The transplant was performed at NYU Langone Transplant Institute. The patient, who has not been identified, is doing well and the kidney is functioning normally.
This is the first time that a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human and survived for more than a few days. The previous record was set in 2021, when a pig kidney survived for 54 days in a brain-dead patient.
The success of this transplant is a major breakthrough in the field of xenotransplantation, the transplantation of organs from one species to another. Xenotransplantation has the potential to solve the shortage of organs for transplant, which kills thousands of people each year.
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