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Sequential Ultrasound and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging in the First Two Human Kidney Xenotransplant Recipients

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Purpose: Kidney xenotransplantation has recently transitioned from preclinical research to early human studies in two patients. Ultrasound plays a key role in non-invasive allograft monitoring, yet no published data exist on its use in kidney xenotransplantation. Additionally, porcine kidney graft size stability in human recipients is not characterized. This study presents the first sequential ultrasound evaluation of gene-edited porcine kidney xenografts in two human recipients.

Source: American Journal of Transplantation

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.07.1293

Authors: S. Bodard, A. Mojtahed, M. Sertic, T.T. Pierce, L. Riella

Institutions: Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Xenotransplantation and immune response

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $4,300