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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Ian Sample and Anna Bawden

Monkey survives for two years with pig kidney in ‘extraordinary milestone’

A macaque monkey
File photo of a macaque monkey. The researchers used Crispr to alter genes in pigs before transplanting their kidneys into macaques. Photograph: Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden

Researchers have claimed a major step forward in the field of organ transplantation after a monkey survived for more than two years with a genetically engineered pig kidney.

The work is the latest to emerge from the US biotech company eGenesis and Harvard Medical School, where scientists see genetically altered pigs as a potential solution to the global shortage of donors for patients with organ failure.

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