Breakthrough: Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Keeps Monkey Alive for Six Months
突破：基因编辑猪肾让猴子存活六个月
Chinese researchers have achieved a major milestone in xenotransplantation, successfully keeping a monkey alive for over six months with a gene-edited pig kidney. This achievement marks China‘s first extended survival of an animal recipient with such an organ and builds on earlier advancements, including the transplantation of a gene-edited pig liver into a human cancer patient earlier this year.
中国研究人员在异种移植领域取得重大突破，一只猴子成功依靠基因编辑猪肾存活了六个多月。这一成果标志着中国首次实现基因编辑猪器官在动物体内的长期存活，并建立在今年早些时候将基因编辑猪肝移植到一名癌症患者体内的进展基础之上。
The breakthrough addresses a key challenge in the field: the lack of long-term success in animal trials, which has hindered progress toward human clinical applications. This development could significantly improve treatment options for patients facing lengthy waits for organ transplants, paving the way for further clinical trials and the eventual use of xenotransplants in humans.
这一突破解决了该领域的一大挑战：动物试验长期成功率低的问题，这一直限制着人类临床应用的发展。该成果有望大幅改善面临漫长器官移植等待的患者的治疗选择，为进一步的临床试验铺平道路，并最终实现异种移植在人类中的应用。
