First living patient to receive genetically modified pig kidney dead at 62,
weeks after historic transplant
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Massachusetts man who received first-ever pig kidney transplant dies at 62
BOSTON - The Massachusetts man who received the first pig kidney transplant in the world has died.Rick Slayman, 62, from Weymouth, received the kidney from Massachusetts General Hospital on March 21. He was discharged from the hospital two weeks later to continue his recovery at home.No indication it was a result of transplant, MGH saysThe kidney was genetically altered to remove pig genes and add in human ones that would help improve its capability. Massachusetts General Hospital announced...
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Pig kidney transplant patient Richard Slayman dies, Mass. General Hospital says
Richard Slayman was the first living human to receive a genetically edited kidney from a pig, in a landmark xenotransplantation at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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U.S. man who received first-ever modified pig kidney transplant dies
The world's first patient with a transplanted pig kidney has died, almost two months after the operation. In March, Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted the genetically-edited pig kidney into Rick Slayman, a 62-year-old man living with end-stage kidney disease. The operation was a milestone in xenotransplantation – the transplantation of organs or tissues from one species to another – as a potential solution to the worldwide organ shortage, the hospital said at the time. Slayman's death...