一位肾衰竭的新罕布什尔男子与转基因猪肾共活271天,这是美国最长的这种情况。 A New Hampshire man with kidney failure lived 271 days with a genetically modified pig kidney, the longest such case in the U.S.

Tim Andrews,67岁,新罕布什尔人,患晚期肾病,在与转基因猪肾共生活271天后恢复透析,这是美国记录以来最长的一段时间。 Tim Andrews, a 67-year-old New Hampshire man with end-stage kidney disease, resumed dialysis after living with a genetically modified pig kidney for 271 days—the longest recorded duration in the U.S. 肾脏经过69次基因改变的编辑,以减少排斥并消除病毒,这是马萨诸塞州总医院的一项试点研究的一部分。 The kidney, edited with 69 genetic changes to reduce rejection and eliminate viruses, was part of a pilot study at Massachusetts General Hospital. 他的案件与新罕布什尔人的另一个成功移植手术和第三个计划一起,正在美国器官严重短缺的情况下推进对Xeno移植的研究,有100 000多人等待移植。 His case, along with another successful transplant in a New Hampshire man and a third planned, is advancing research into xenotransplantation amid a severe U.S. organ shortage, with over 100,000 people awaiting transplants.