El riñón de cerdo funcionó de inmediato y no se detectó transmisión de patógenos porcinos.

Tim Andrews, 67, received his transplanted kidney from an unusual organ donor - a Yucatan miniature pig - and it kept him off dialysis for nine months

A genetically modified pig kidney has kept a man off dialysis for a record nine months in the first successful use of an animal organ as a "bridge" to a human one.