Xenotransplantation – the science of transplanting animal organs into human bodies – has been catapulted out of the realm of science fiction and firmly into the real world.
June 12, 2025 -- Over 100,000 Americans are waiting for life-saving kidney transplants, with 17 dying each day.
A pig kidney has successfully worked inside a human patient for 271 days, marking the longest time on record, according to doctors.
NEW YORK, June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- For patients living with Kidney Failure, everyday can feel like a waiting game.
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A Meiji University-related start-up announced plans to begin Japan’s first clinical trial of transplanting organs from cloned pigs into human patients as early as 2028.
The FDA has cleared XenoTherapeutics to begin a first-of-its-kind human clinical trial that uses topically applied live skin cells derived from genetically engineered pigs as a treatment for severe .
When the organ is an animal’s and the recipient human (as with the transplant of pig kidneys into people whose own are failing), the idea is to prolong life.
On this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the journey of animal to human transplants, or xenotransplants, over the last .
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