Genetically Edited Pig Kidney Acts as Nine-Month Bridge to Human Transplant
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Doctors used a genetically engineered pig kidney (Wilma) to keep a 66-year-old man alive for 271 days—nine months—without dialysis, serving as a bridge to a human kidney transplant; the pig had 69 genome edits to reduce rejection and virus risk, and no pig pathogens were detected, but the kidney eventually failed and he later received a human donor kidney; this world-first case suggests xenotransplantation could alleviate the organ shortage but requires more trials.
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- Patient Who Received Pig Kidney Becomes First To Progress to Human Kidney Transplant Harvard Medical School
- Pig kidneys successfully transplanted into humans Financial Times
- Pig kidney kept a man off dialysis for nine months in world first New Scientist
- Recipients of gene-edited pig kidneys successfully receive human organs STAT
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