Massachusetts man who received first-ever pig kidney transplant dies at 62
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First Human to Receive Transplanted Pig Kidney Dies
By Brendan Pierson(Reuters) - A man with end-stage renal disease who earlier this year became the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig has died, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said."The Mass General transplant team is deeply saddened at the sudden passing of Mr. Rick Slayman," the hospital said in a statement on Saturday. "We have no indication that it was the result of his recent transplant."Slayman, 62, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, received the...