QUEST TO IDENTIFY RHEA RASMUSSEN. WE HAVE MORE BREAKING NEWS NOW THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THIS. NOON. A SECOND NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN HAS NOW RECEIVED A SUCCESSFUL KIDNEY TRANSPLANT. THE GRANITE STATERS ARE NOW JUST TWO OF THREE PEOPLE TO EVER RECEIVE IT. TWO SEVEN. EIGHT. FOUR KIDNEYS. IT’S WHAT THEY’RE KNOWN AS 54 YEAR OLD BILL STEWART RECEIVED THE KIDNEY ON JUNE 14TH, BUT MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL DID NOT ANNOUNCE THE PROCEDURE UNTIL THIS MORNING. OFFICIALS SAY STEWART HAD BEEN RECEIVING DIALYSIS THREE TIMES A WEEK FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS BEFORE THE TRANSPLANT, AND NOW STEWART NO LONGER REQUIRES DIALYSIS. I THINK THIS WOULD ALLOW US REALLY TO, YOU KNOW, BE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION SO THAT, YOU KNOW, ORGAN SHORTAGE DOESN’T BECOME THIS BOTTLENECK THAT IT CURRENTLY IS. AND WE HAVE THESE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR FOR PATIENTS ON DIALYSIS THAT DON’T HAVE A LIVING DONOR. THE FIRST PERSON FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE TO GET A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT WAS 67 YEAR OLD TIM ANDREWS FROM CONCORD. HE HAD THAT SURGERY BACK IN JANUARY, AND OFFICIALS SAY ANDREWS IS ALSO DIALYSIS FREE. GOOD NEWS THERE. EGENESIS SAYS THE FDA HAS CLEARED ITS APPLICATION TO START A CLINICAL TRIAL EVALUATING THE GE
New Hampshire man receives pig kidney in successful transplant, company says
Updated: 10:43 AM EDT Sep 9, 2025
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A New Hampshire man received a successful pig kidney transplant in June, a biotech company announced Monday morning.Bill Stewart, 54, received the kidney on June 14. He was discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital a week later, and today, he no longer requires dialysis.Stewart had been receiving dialysis three times a week for more than two years before the transplant, according to a news release from eGenesis, a biotech company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Stewart is the third person to receive a genetically engineered pig kidney, known as an EGEN-2784 kidney.The second person to do so was also from New Hampshire. Tim Andrews, 67, of Concord, received his pig kidney on Jan. 25, 2025, and now, seven months post-transplant, he continues to live dialysis-free, the company said in a news release.Rick Slayman was the first in the world to receive a pig kidney. His transplant was done at Massachusetts General Hospital in March 2024, according to the hospital. In announcing the successful transplant, eGenesis also revealed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared its investigational new drug application to start a clinical trial evaluating EGEN-2784 kidneys for patients with end-stage kidney disease.
MANCHESTER, N.H. —
A New Hampshire man received a successful pig kidney transplant in June, a biotech company announced Monday morning.
Bill Stewart, 54, received the kidney on June 14. He was discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital a week later, and today, he no longer requires dialysis.
Stewart had been receiving dialysis three times a week for more than two years before the transplant, according to a news release from eGenesis, a biotech company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Stewart is the third person to receive a genetically engineered pig kidney, known as an EGEN-2784 kidney.
The second person to do so was also from New Hampshire. Tim Andrews, 67, of Concord, received his pig kidney on Jan. 25, 2025, and now, seven months post-transplant, he continues to live dialysis-free, the company said in a news release.
Rick Slayman was the first in the world to receive a pig kidney. His transplant was done at Massachusetts General Hospital in March 2024, according to the hospital.
In announcing the successful transplant, eGenesis also revealed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared its investigational new drug application to start a clinical trial evaluating EGEN-2784 kidneys for patients with end-stage kidney disease.
