A kidney transplant recipient in New Hampshire has received a human kidney.

The man was released from the hospital on Friday and is now recovering at home.

A New Hampshire pig kidney transplant recipient now has a new human kidney

A second person who received a pig kidney transplant at Mass General Brigham now has a new human kidney.

Tim Andrews, from New Hampshire, set a world record by living with a genetically modified kidney for 271 days.

After the pig's kidney failed, he had to go back on dialysis in October.

On Tuesday, doctors at MGH Brigham transplanted Andrews with a new human kidney from a deceased donor.

"It was amazing after a few hours to be able to call him and say, 'Look, we're going to get this stone, it's coming to you and get ready and go to MGH,'" said Dr. Leonardo Riella."It's an amazing feeling."

Andrew was released from the hospital on Friday and is now recovering comfortably at home.

In September, Brigham General and Cambridge Mass.-based eGenesis announced that the Food and Drug Administration had cleared the way for the start of the first clinical trial involving pig kidneys and patients with end-stage renal disease.

The approval will allow the procedure to be expanded to transplant centers across the country and involve more than 30 patients.

The first patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney at Mass General last year, Rick Slayman of Weymouth, died less than two months after the procedure.The MGB said he suffered a "heart attack".

More than 800,000 Americans suffer from end-stage kidney disease.According to Genesis, a total of 28,000 kidneys were transplanted last year due to organ shortage.