A Monkey Survived Two Years With A Pig Kidney — Are Humans Next?

Image credit: VCG / Visual China Group / Getty Images. Article by Miriam Fauzia. Inverse – October 11, 2023. Study published in Nature: Design and testing of a humanized porcine donor for xenotransplantation.

Genetic tweaks in pigs are overcoming major hurdles in xenotransplantation.

In the latest of decidedly very sci-fi but crucial bids for life-saving organs, scientists created a pig kidney that has survived for two years in another animal, the longest amount of time thus far. The new feat brings this type of genetic engineering — known as xenotransplants — one step closer to human use. […]

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