Kidney xenotransplantation edges closer to the clinic

Nature Reviews Nephrology, Published online: 16 November 2023; doi:10.1038/s41581-023-00790-1The demand for kidney transplants is far from met by human donors — a problem that may be solved by the clinical translation of porcine kidney xenotransplantation. A new paper describes the development of genetically ‘humanized’ pigs, the kidneys of which kept nephrectomized cynomolgus macaques alive for up to 2 years.
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