Xenograft: record duration broken in humans

This article is taken from the monthly magazine Sciences et Avenir n°945, dated November 2025.

American Tim Andrews has been living with a pig kidney for more than nine months after a transplant performed on January 25, 2025 in Boston (United States).

Authorization for kidney xenotransplantation for about thirty patients

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The organ, sourced from a genetically modified pig to improve human tolerance, was provided by the company eGenesis. This company has obtained authorization for xenotransplantation of kidneys for approximately thirty other patients over the age of 50, who are undergoing dialysis due to end-stage renal failure.

Our previous articles on xenografts:

• Pig organ transplantation in humans: the scientific challenges of xenotransplantation
• Xenograft: genetically modified pig organs to address the shortage in France
• The first pig lung xenotransplantation into a human took place in China