News|Articles|December 11, 2025

Redefining Transplant Possibilities: The Emergence of Kidney Xenotransplants

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Historic progress in renal xenotransplantation in 2025 brings pig kidney transplants closer to clinical reality amid an ongoing donor organ shortage.

In the United States, there are more than 100,000 people on the national organ transplant waitlist. Of these, nearly 90,000 are seeking a kidney transplant, and 11 people die every day waiting for a new kidney they never receive.1,2