Pig kidney works in human body for 271 days – is this the future of organ transplants?0

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• September 4, 2026

A kidney transplanted from a pig has worked inside a patient for 271 days – the longest on record, say US doctors. Tim Andrews said the transplant gave him “hope” and spared him months of needing to go to hospital to have his blood filtered by a dialysis machine. The team at Mass General Brigham