The 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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肾异种移植离临床更近

人类捐献者远远无法满足肾脏移植的需求——这一问题可以通过猪肾异种移植的临床转化来解决。一篇新论文描述了基因“人性化”猪的发展，这种猪的肾脏可以让肾切除的食蟹猴存活长达两年。