BostonA gene-edited pig kidney kept a 66-year-old off dialysis for 271 days.
It worked as a bridge, not a cure, buying time where dialysis capacity limits care.
Mass General removed the kidney after microvascular injury and gave him a human donor organ, The Lancet study said.
Researchers stress this remains a single case, needing lifelong immunosuppression few hospitals can provide.
How each outlet framed it
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- Oneindia
- emphasizes nine-month bridge lifespan and patient's 9% probability of receiving human organ, timeline to human transplant
- NBC News
- records 271-day survival as longest dialysis-free after porcine xenotransplant; researcher frames organ shortage as 'greatest crisis'