A world first: Man lives withpig kidney for nine months
Surgeons Leonardo Riella and Tatsuo Kawai with patient Tim Andrews after Andrews’ xenotransplant in 2025. A genetically engineered pig kidney kept a 66-year-old man off dialysis for a record 271 days before he successfully received a donor organ, marking a major advancement towards using animal organs to “bridge” the widening gap between organ demand and…
