{"id":"01dc5470-6a22-4ba3-a8aa-c8fe865c01bc","url":"https://www.newscientist.com/article/2587510-pig-kidney-kept-a-man-off-dialysis-for-nine-months-in-world-first/","domain":"newscientist.com","outlet":{"name":"New Scientist","country":"GB","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"Pig kidney kept a man off dialysis for nine months in world first","plainHeadline":"Pig kidney kept a man off dialysis for nine months","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["A genetically modified pig kidney kept Tim Andrews off dialysis for nine months.","The kidney came from a Yucatan miniature pig and was genetically modified.","The patient later required dialysis again after a MRSA infection and vascular damage.","The kidney was removed 271 days after transplantation and he eventually had a human transplant.","This marks the first use of a pig kidney as a temporary bridge to a human transplant."],"topics":["Health","Science","Environment"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-03T22:30:00.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-03T22:51:37.849Z","story":null}