PERSPECTIVE article
Front. Immunol.
Sec. Alloimmunity and Transplantation
Recent Progress in Pig-to-Human Kidney Xenotransplantation
Provisionally accepted
Tao Pei*
Kaiyu Zhou- Sichuan University West China Second University Hospital, Chengdu, China
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To the editor, A significant advancement has recently been made in the transplantation of porcine kidneys to humans. For a period of 271 days, or almost nine months, the transplanted porcine kidney is functioning, and it is removed due to continuous proteinuria.
Keywords: xenotransplantation, procine kidney, 69 gene edited porcine, 271 days survival, Organ shortage
Received: 29 Oct 2025; Accepted: 24 Nov 2025.
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* Correspondence: Tao Pei
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