A monkey survived two years with a miniature pig’s kidney
Researchers genetically modified pigs to make their organs more usable for human transplantation one day
![microscope image showing pig kidney tissue with human proteins in fuchsia](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/101123_MR_xenotransplantation_cells_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Scientists genetically engineered pigs with kidneys that produced human proteins, shown in fuchsia. Such modifications may one day help people’s bodies accept an organ transplant from a different species.
Violette Paragas, eGenesis