# Pig kidney functions for record 271 days in surviving American

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- NBC News, 2026-09-04 16:40 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pig-kidney-works-record-271-days-body-surviving-american-rcna596101

> Researchers said Thursday that an American survived for a record 271 days with a transplanted pig kidney. Boston doctors replaced it with a human kidney earlier this year, and the transplant recipient has remained alive since then.

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