Doctors Transplanted a Pig Kidney Into a Person. It’s Still Working.

August 18, 2023

(Wall Street Journal) – A genetically modified pig kidney transplanted into a brain-dead person has worked for 32 days and counting, advancing efforts to use animals to ease perennial shortages for humans. Dr. Robert Montgomery and colleagues at NYU Langone Health in New York City transplanted the pig kidney into 57-year-old Maurice Miller on July 14. The results, which haven’t been published, might provide researchers with data to support clinical trials testing animal-to-human transplants. (Read More)