China performs world’s first combined transplant of pig liver and kidney to human
On Jun. 9, 2026, Chinese surgeons announced they have carried out the world’s first combined transplant of a…
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United Therapeutics Announces First Transplant in EXPAND Clinical Trial of UKidney in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease
On Nov. 3, 2025, United Therapeutics, a public benefit corporation, announced the first clinical xenotransplantation in its EXPAND…
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New Hampshire Man resumes dialysis after living with a gene-edited pig kidney for a record 271 days
On Oct. 27, 2025, a New Hampshire man resumed dialysis after living with a gene-edited pig kidney for…
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In a first, pig lung survives and functions—briefly—in a person
On Aug. 25, 2025, in a small step forward for the long-struggling field of xenotransplantation, surgeons in China…
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United Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of Pig Transplantation Clinical Trial
On Feb. 3, 2025, United Therapeutics, a public benefit corporation, announced that the U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
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Surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed first human to human heart transplant
On Dec. 3, 1967, surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first human to human heart transplant in Cape Town,…
