Two recipients of gene-edited pig kidneys have successfully received human organs, a milestone in the wider effort to advance xenografts.

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• STAT News

  Two recipients of gene-edited pig kidneys have successfully received human organs, a milestone in the wider effort to advance xenografts.
  
• New Scientist

  A pig kidney transplant worked for a record nine months. This enabled the recipient to stay off dialysis for longer while waiting for a suitable human donor's kidney to become available
  
• WIRED left

  Gene-edited pig kidneys could offer a lifeline to patients stuck waiting for a human donor.
  
• Medical Xpress

  In January 2026, Tim Andrews, who had received a genetically edited pig kidney in January 2025, became the recipient of a human kidney. A new Mass General Brigham paper, published in The Lancet, details Andrews' experience and how xenotransplantation could bridge the gap between end-stage kidney failure and a human transplant, allowing a patient to forgo dialysis in the meantime.
  
• WIRED left

  Gene-edited pig kidneys could offer a lifeline to patients stuck waiting for a human donor. www.wired.com/story/pig-ki...
  
• BBC Health center

  A man has lived for a record nine months with a transplanted pig kidney while waiting for a human transplant.
  
• The Guardian left

  Genetically modified pig kidney keeps man alive for record nine months