World first: a pig kidney transplanted into a human for nine months

A 66-year-old patient received a genetically modified pig kidney while awaiting a compatible human transplant.

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The organ functioned for nine months, a record duration for a xenotransplant.

This breakthrough offers new hope to address the shortage of human organs.

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