Researchers transplanted a single-edit α-Gal knockout pig kidney and thymus into a brain-dead recipient, followed by 61 days of monitoring. The organ produced urine, maintained electrolyte balance and ...

There may be good reasons to object to using animals as living organ factories, including welfare concerns. But the rationale behind the NIH ban that human cells could make pigs too human rests on a ...

A pair of genetically modified pig kidneys filtered blood and produced urine for 7 days after being transplanted into a brain-dead patient ― marking another important step toward opening up a new ...

Gene-edited pig kidneys function well after human patient transplant By Michael Irving August 16, 2023 In a new study, scientists have successfully transplanted genetically-modified pig kidneys into a ...

A pig kidney has continued to function inside of a human body for roughly two months, the longest documented instance of such a procedure, known as a xenotransplant. Researchers at NYU Langone ...

Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on the gurney rolling past them.

Scarring is a key feature of chronic kidney disease. Now, University of Connecticut researchers report in Kidney ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers have uncovered and then overcome an obstacle that has led to the failure of pioneering efforts in xenotransplantation, in which an animal kidney is ...

UAB President Ray Watts called the achievement an indicator of a possible future with a sustainable supply of organs. For the first time in a human, genetically modified pig kidneys provided ...