Tim Andrews was 66 when he received the pig kidney on Jan. 25, 2025.
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Pig kidney works for a record 271 days inside the body of surviving American
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Medical First: Man Lives for 9 Months with Pig Kidney While Waiting for Human Donor
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 pig called Wilma has kept a 66-year-old man with kidney failure alive for a record nine months and successfully acted as a “bridge” to a human transplant …
An American lived for a record 271 days with a transplanted pig kidney before Boston doctors replaced it with a human one earlier this year — a transplant that has kept him alive ever since, researchers said Thursday.
In January 2026, Tim Andrews received a kidney transplant — an intervention that happens daily around the world, though there are never enough human donors to meet the need. His survival is especially interesting, however, because he lived 271 days with a genetically altered kidney from a pig.
Tim Andrews spent 271 days living with a genetically modified pig kidney before receiving a human kidney transplant in January, giving new hope to patients struggling with dialysis, according to a paper published Thursday in the Lancet.
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