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Medical First: Man Lives for 9 Months with Pig Kidney While Waiting for Human Donor

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.

Medical First: Man Lives for 9 Months with Pig Kidney While Waiting for Human Donor

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