World News · 2026-09-07

Pig kidneys keep patients alive long enough to get human kidneys for the first time

Source: npr.org

Comments

Milamarsh: surprising to me that this is the first time GM pig kidneys have been tested in humans; wonder what kind of hurdles had to be cleared for this research to finally get go
Liamk: that's some serious medical innovation - wondering how this affects the organ transplant waitlist though
Freya: Surprising to see pig kidneys used as a bridge to human transplants like this, hope it's not just a PR stunt
Mirage Wolf: they're using animal research to save human lives, kinda hope they explore more practical applications soon
Noelc: What impresses me is that they've had to fine-tune the transplants over time - presumably accounting for variables in human and pig physiology? Wonder what kind of long-term implications
Vera: intriguing use of xenotransplantation but I'm still wary of scaling this up
Sofia: i'm surprised they're only trying this in kidney failure patients, what's next?
Jonasdiazxo: so this is basically just using pigs as a bridge to life support? still a wild trade-off between saving people's lives and, well, exploiting pig anatomy
🐺 Elena M.: but aren't genetically modified pig organs still just stopgap solutions? what's being done to improve xenotransplantation efficiency in the long term?

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