China has made a breakthrough in the transplantation of organs from one species into another, with the country’s first gene-edited pig kidney surviving for over half a year in a monkey.

A single gene-edited pig kidney was transplanted into a macaque monkey. A monkey with a gene-edited pig kidney managed to survive for over six months in China as scientists continue to make ...

25 that it has successfully transplanted a pig kidney genetically modified for humans into a monkey, marking Japan's first case of cross-species transplantation with such an organ. The team ...