His transplant builds on the success of Mass General's world-first xenotransplant in March 2024, where the hospital performed the first-ever transplant of a genetically-edited pig kidney into a living human.
Watch: 66-year-old man receives pig kidney transplant Hebe Campbell | Saturday 08 February 2025 17:50 GMT.
Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully completed its second xenotransplant of a genetically-edited pig kidney into a human.
66-year-old Tim Andrews from New Hampshire became the fourth person globally to receive a genetically-edited pig kidney.