Working in non-human primates for 758 days! Long term survival demonstrated by organ xenotransplantation
A paper published on the 11th in the journal Nature reported on the successful transplantation of genetically modified pig kidneys into non human primates. Modifying the pig's genome to knock out the antigen coding gene, incorporating human genes, and clearing the pig virus can provide monkeys with a long-term survival rate of about two years...