Organ kept Tim Andrews off dialysis and acted as a ‘bridge’ while he waited for a human transplant in the US
A genetically modified kidney from a pig called Wilma has kept a 66-year-old man with kidney failure alive for a record nine months and successfully acted as a “bridge” to a human transplant in a world first.
Tim Andrews was seriously ill with end-stage kidney disease caused by type 2 diabetes and had only a 9% chance of receiving a human kidney within five years, against a more than 40% risk of dying or being removed from the waiting list.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Andrew Gregory Health editor.
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