Pig kidney works in human for record 271 days
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Neutral summary
A genetically modified pig kidney kept a 66-year-old American man with end-stage kidney disease alive for a record 271 days without dialysis, serving as a temporary “bridge” until he received a human organ. Tim Andrews received the pig kidney in January 2025 at Mass General Brigham in Boston; the organ had to be removed in October 2025 after problems emerged. The case, published in The Lancet, is the longest documented survival with a porcine xenotransplant, and NBC News reports Andrews is still alive after receiving a human kidney.
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Outlets: 35. Countries: 9. Facts in the shared core: 3.
Publication timeline
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Wired (outlet profile)
Transplanted Pig Kidney Still Working After a Record-Setting 9 Months in a Patient. Gene-edited pig kidneys could offer a lifeline to patients stuck waiting for a human donor.
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El País (outlet profile)
Un hombre sobrevive nueve meses con un riñón de cerdo hasta recibir un trasplante humano con éxito. El logro médico es un hito que acerca la posibilidad de usar órganos animales para trasplantarlos a personas
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The New York Times (outlet profile)
In a First, a Pig Kidney Kept a Patient Alive Until He Got a Human One. Tim Andrews was the first patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney as a “bridge” to a human organ transplant.
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The Independent (outlet profile)
Man able to live with genetically modified pig kidney for nine months in world first. Tim Andrews, who had end-stage kidney disease, was 66 when he received the pig kidney in January 2025
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Guardian Science (outlet profile)
Genetically modified pig kidney keeps man alive for record nine months. Organ kept Tim Andrews off dialysis and acted as a ‘bridge’ while he waited for a human transplant in the US A genetically modified kidney from a p…
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The Mirror (outlet profile)
Pig kidney transplant let man live without needing dialysis for nine months in world-first. Tim Andrews, 67, received his transplanted kidney from an unusual organ donor - a Yucatan miniature pig - and it kept him off d…
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BBC News (outlet profile)
Transplanted pig kidney works in US man's body for record 271 days. A man has lived for a record nine months with a transplanted pig kidney while waiting for a human transplant.
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Evening Standard (outlet profile)
Man given genetically modified pig kidney for nine months in world first. The organ was used as a temporary ‘bridge’ while the man waited for a transplant from a human donor.
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La Patilla (outlet profile)
Riñón de cerdo mantuvo con vida a un paciente en EEUU durante nueve meses hasta conseguir un donante humano.   En enero de 2025, Tim Andrews recibió un trasplante de riñón de un cerdo en el Hospital General de Mass…
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Financial Times (outlet profile)
Pig kidneys successfully transplanted into humans. Trial in US offers hope for solving organ shortage
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Europa Press (outlet profile)
Un riñón de cerdo modificado genéticamente mantiene 271 días sin diálisis hasta recibir un trasplante humano. La falta de órganos obliga a miles de pacientes con enfermedad renal terminal a permanecer durante meses o añ…
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Euronews (outlet profile)
Man lived with pig kidney for nine months before human transplant. A genetically modified pig kidney has kept a man off dialysis for a record nine months in the first successful use of an animal organ as a "bridge" to a…
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Spektrum (outlet profile)
Xenotransplantation: Neun Monate ohne Dialyse dank Schweineniere. US-Ärzte haben einem 66-jährigen Mann eine Schweineneire transplantiert. Das Organ funktionierte neun Monate lang und befreite ihn in dieser Zeit vollstä…
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Le Parisien (outlet profile)
Une source « d’espoir » : un rein de porc greffé sur un Américain a fonctionné 271 jours, un record
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El Mundo (outlet profile)
Sobrevive nueve meses con un riñón de cerdo hasta recibir un trasplante humano. Los 271 días que permaneció un estadounidense con el xenotrasplante suponen un récord de duración para un trasplante de animal a persona&nb…
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Tanjug (outlet profile)
Transplantirani bubreg svinje funkcionisao u telu čoveka 271 dan, oboren rekord
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Politika (outlet profile)
Оборен медицински рекорд: пацијент живео 271 дан са свињским бубрегом. Свињски бубрег девет месеци функционисао у људском телу, а онда је пронађен људски донор
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La Vanguardia (outlet profile)
Un paciente prescinde 9 meses de la diálisis con un riñón de cerdo hasta lograr uno humano. El órgano, que fue modificado genéticamente para que fuera compatible con el sistema inmunitario, le fue trasplantado en enero…
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www.rbc.ru (outlet profile)
В США успешно пересадили свиные почки людям. У трех из пяти пациентов органы проработали более восьми месяцев без отторжения. В США уже одобрили расширенные испытания технологии, в которых примут участие 33 человека. Не…
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elDiario.es (outlet profile)
Un hombre sobrevive nueve meses con un riñón de cerdo hasta conseguir un trasplante humano. El paciente pudo pasar 271 días sin necesidad de diálisis, lo que representa la supervivencia más prolongada sin ese tratamient…
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Blic (outlet profile)
Svinjski bubreg funkcionisao u telu čoveka 271 dan: Istorijski rekord u medicini. Transplantirani bubreg svinje funkcionisao je u telu muškarca iz Sjedinjenih Američkih Država 271 dan, čime je oboren rekord, a u međuvre…
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BBC News na srpskom (outlet profile)
Bubreg svinje radio u ljudskom telu rekordnih 271 dan. U telu 67-godišnjeg Amerikanca presađen je bubreg svinje koji je radio više od devet meseci.
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Die Welt (outlet profile)
Mann überlebte neun Monate mit der Niere eines Schweins. Die Niere eines genetisch veränderten Schweins hat einem Patienten in den USA geholfen, die Wartezeit auf eine menschliche Niere zu überbrücken. Nach 271 Tagen ga…
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Danas (outlet profile)
Bubreg svinje radio u ljudskom telu rekordnih 271 dan. U telu 67-godišnjeg Amerikanca presađen je bubreg svinje koji je radio više od devet meseci.
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O Globo (outlet profile)
Quase dois anos depois, como está paciente que recebeu rim de porco em transplante e viveu com órgão por 271 dias. Um rim de porco geneticamente modificado funcionou durante 271 dias no corpo de Tim Andrews, de 66 anos,…
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El Nacional (outlet profile)
Un paciente aguantó 9 meses sin diálisis con un riñón de cerdo. El hombre de 66 años de edad tenía 40% de probabilidades de fallecer o que le dieran de baja en la lista de espera hasta que se le trasplantó el órgano del…
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Blic (outlet profile)
Bubreg svinje radio u ljudskom telu rekordnih 271 dan. Timu Endruzu je presađen bubreg i to svinjski i u njegovom telu je radio 271 dan.
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NIN (outlet profile)
Transplantirani svinjski bubreg funkcionisao rekordnih 271 dan: Pacijent dobio organ ljudskog donora. Pacijent Tim Endruz izjavio je da mu je ta operacija pružila nadu i omogućila da ne ide svakog dana na dijalizu, pren…
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The Independent (outlet profile)
Medical breakthrough as man lives for nine months with pig kidney
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Telegraf (outlet profile)
Revolucionarna ksenotransplantacija: Genetski modifikovani svinjski bubreg održao čoveka u životu 271 dan. Genetski modifikovan svinjski bubreg održao je 66-godišnjeg muškarca sa otkazivanjem bubrega bez dijalize rekord…
Factual core
- A transplanted pig kidney functioned for a record 271 days in a human patient.
- The patient eventually received a human kidney transplant.
- The pig kidney was transplanted into a man named Tim Andrews.