Patient Tim Andrews lived with a gene-edited pig kidney transplant for a record 271 days before it failed and was removed in October 2025.
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- The Ten Most Significant Science Stories of 2025, From Medical ... (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/27/health/pig-kidney-transplant-tim-andrews (cnn.com)
- https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/pig-kidney-transplant-removed/ (cbsnews.com)
- https://www.science.org/content/article/man-s-pig-kidney-fails-just-shy-setting-record (science.org)
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