Genetically modified pig kidney keeps man alive for record nine months

Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old American with end-stage kidney disease caused by type 2 diabetes, survived a record nine months with a genetically modified pig kidney from a pig named Wilma, staying off dialysis until a human transplant became available. He had only a 9% chance of receiving a human kidney within five years, with over a 40% risk of dying or being removed from the waiting list. The case marks a world first in which a pig organ successfully served as a bridge to a human transplant.

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