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Pig Kidney Kept Man Alive For A Year While Awaiting A Human Organ Donation

drugs.com · 5d

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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9, 2026 — A genetically altered pig kidney helped keep a man alive for one year while he awaited a permanent human organ transplant, a new paper says.Kidney failure patient Tim Andrews, 67, successfully lived with a pig kidney...

First report: Pig kidney functions for record 271 days inside man awaiting human transplant fox13seattle.com, 8d

The coverage

  1. Georgia 2-year-old receives lifesaving kidney transplant from late cousin

    12news.com · 7d

  2. Pig kidneys keep patients alive long enough to get human kidneys for the first time

    npr.org · 8d

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