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Man who received experimental pig kidney transplant now has a human organ
Tim Andrews lived 271 days with a genetically modified pig kidney as a bridge to a human transplant amid kidney shortages affecting over 800,000 Americans, officials said.
- A man who received an experimental pig kidney transplant at Mass General Brigham later received a human kidney from a deceased donor.
- The pig kidney transplant allowed the man to live for 271 days without dialysis, setting a world record.
- More than 800,000 Americans suffer from end-stage kidney disease, but only 28,000 kidney transplants were performed last year due to a shortage of organs.
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The first ‘across the bridge’: Man who received experimental pig kidney transplant now has a human organ
One year ago, Tim Andrews was among the world’s first recipients of a genetically modified pig kidney. Now, he is the first in that small group of pioneers to go on to receive a human kidney.
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NH man who received pig kidney now recovering from human kidney transplant surgery
A New Hampshire man who became one of the first people in the world to receive a genetically modified pig kidney is home recovering in Concord after a human kidney transplant.
·New Hampshire, United States
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