The Man with the Pig Kidney

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.4 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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On January 25th, 2025, Tim Andrews became a medical pioneer: He received a kidney transplant from a pig. Dr. Sanjay Gupta follows the incredible journey of this groundbreaking procedure – and the man at the center of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And we'll see you on the other side.
0:05.0	Awesome.
0:06.0	As a new man.
0:08.0	Yes.
0:09.0	On January 25th, 2025,
0:11.0	Wow, look at that.
0:13.0	Tim Andrews became a medical pioneer.
0:15.0	Everything went well.
0:17.0	He received a pig kidney transplant. Now, while he was not the first, he does hope that his and the contributions of many others
0:26.6	means that he also won't be the last.
0:29.6	Stepping forward, you're going to do something for humanity.
0:32.6	This is a way that we can bring this forward.
0:36.6	And this is the hope for all these people that it's going
0:41.6	to be okay. We're going to find a way. It's been an incredible journey of an incredible man
0:49.9	and an incredible scientific achievement. And this may only be the beginning.
0:56.0	I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and this is part two of Animal Farm.
1:05.0	It's been just seven days since Tim Andrews received a pig kidney. I'm a cry, they all know it.
1:12.6	He's understandably emotional.
1:14.6	Once tethered to a dialysis machine for survival, Tim is now free.
1:18.6	Oh, it's nice.
1:20.6	There's fresh air. I love it.
1:24.6	There's that great shot of you as you're walking out of the hospital.
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