The animal organ kept Tim Andrews off dialysis for 271 days and represents the first time a pig kidney has been used as a ...

Organ kept Tim Andrews off dialysis and acted as a ‘bridge’ while he waited for a human transplant in the US ...

Tim Andrews was the first patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney as a “bridge” to a human organ transplant.

For the first time, genetically modified pig kidneys keep two kidney failure patients alive long enough to get human kidneys.

A patient named Tim Andrews received a genetically engineered pig kidney in January 2025, stayed off dialysis for 271 days, ...