One year ago, Tim Andrews was among the world’s first recipients of a genetically modified pig kidney. Now, he is the first in that small group of pioneers to go on to receive a human kidney.
The man was released from the hospital on Friday and is now recovering comfortably at home.
THE CHANCE OF FLAKES FOR SOME ON SUNDAY THAT’S COMING UP. NOW TO THE BREAKING NEWS. A NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN IS HOME RECOVERING IN CONCORD AFTER A HUMAN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT. JUST LAST YEAR, HE BECAME ONE OF ...
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The death of a Weymouth man two months after undergoing what his doctors at Mass General Hospital described as the first successful pig-to-human kidney transplant was caused by "an unexpected cardiac ...
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The second man to receive a pig kidney transplant at Mass General Brigham now has a new human kidney.Tim Andrews, of New Hampshire, set a world record — living with the genetically modified kidney for ...