Transplant recipients articles
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Recipient of pig kidney transplant has died
Richard Slayman of Weymouth made history when he received the world's first genetically-edited pig kidney transplant at Massachusetts...
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Video Recipient of 1st pig kidney transplant dies
Massachusetts General Hospital says there's no indication that Ricard Slayman's death was due to the transplant in March.
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First living recipient of pig kidney dies months after transplant
A 62-year-old man has died months after becoming the world’s first living recipient of a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, hailed as a medical milestone. Rick Slayman received the kidney at Massachusetts General in March after he had been diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease last year. The hospital emphasized there is no indication his death was a result of the transplant. After undergoing the four-hour surgery at the recommendation of his doctors, Slayman, a manager with the...