Updated 18:26 IST, February 4th 2025
Pig Kidney For Humans? Medicine World Has An Important Update
Patients will receive a UKidney transplant followed by a 24-week post-transplant follow-up period, according to a company statement.

The US Food and Drug Administration has given a green signal to clinical trials for organ transplants from genetically modified pigs.
According to a study led by United Therapeutics Corp will begin with six patients facing end-stage renal disease- eventually being expanded to include 50 kidney failure patients. The first transplant is likely to take place in the middle of this year.
Patients will receive a UKidney transplant followed by a 24-week post-transplant follow-up period, according to a company statement.
Participants of this clinical trial will continue to be followed for the rest of their lives for the monitoring of zoonotic infections, UKidney function as well as survival.
The first cohort is going to comprise of six transplants at two centres, with a 12 week waiting period between the first and second transplants. Data on these trials will be reviewed once this group of patients reaches at least 12 weeks post-transplant to determine if the study should be continued.
United Therapeutics plans to engage with the FDA after the first six transplants are completed. If safety and efficacy results are supportive, the sample size will be increased up to a total of 50 participants, so that the study can support registration, with additional transplant centres that can be added to the study.
Further, this study could also be a breakthrough for people needing a kidney transplant. Over 37 million Americans are estimated to have chronic kidney disease, according to 2021 data from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
Patients needing a kidney transplant can wait for as long as five years before the procedure, with a risk of complications arising during that time.
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Published 18:26 IST, February 4th 2025