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How a pig kidney kept a man alive for a record 271 days

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How a pig kidney kept a man alive for a record 271 days — Sources: Firstpost

Tim Andrews was running out of time. With a human kidney transplant potentially years away, doctors gave him an experimental alternative — a kidney from a genetically modified pig. The organ worked for 271 days, keeping him off dialysis until a human donor kidney became available

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