# Man lived with pig kidney for nine months before receiving a human transplant

https://mins.news/en/item/44848

- euronews, 2026-09-04 05:08 UTC
- Science
- Original: http://www.euronews.com/health/2026/09/04/man-lived-with-pig-kidney-for-nine-months-before-human-transplant

> A genetically modified pig kidney kept a man off dialysis for a record nine months before he received a human kidney. It marks the first successful use of an animal organ as a bridge to a human transplant.

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