A brief review of the current status of pig islet xenotransplantation.

"Conflict of interest DKCC is a consultant to eGenesis Bio of Cambridge, MA, but the opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect those of eGenesis. RB is a full-time employee of Imagine Pharma, Pittsburgh, PA, and reports no COI. The remaining author declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest."

"The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Work on xenotransplantation in DKCC’s laboratory is supported in part by NIH NIAID U19 grant AI090959 and by a US DHHS/American Society of Nephrology Kidney X Prize. Work on islet transplantation in LM’s laboratory is supported in part by the Shenzhen Science and Technology Program (grant numbers JCYJ20230807115107015 and GCZX2015043017281705)."