BOSTON - The Massachusetts man who received the first pig kidney transplant in the world has died. Rick Slayman, 62, from ...
The first recipient of a genetically-modified pig kidney transplant has died nearly two months after the procedure.
Seven weeks after receiving the first-ever kidney transplant from a pig, a Massachusetts man died this weekend.
The 62-year-old man who received the first-ever pig kidney transplant in the world has died, his family announced on Saturday ...
Despite the patient's death, experts say transplants like this could someday help solve the ongoing organ shortage.
The world’s first patient with a transplanted pig kidney has died, almost two months after the operation. In March, ...
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.
A US man, Richard "Rick" Slayman, 62, who got a pig kidney transplant about two month ago, has been confirmed dead by the ...
The first living human to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died — two months after the operation.
According to a statement by Massachusetts General Hospital, there has been no indication his death was a result of the ...
Slayman, who had end-stage kidney disease, underwent the experimental procedure in March. He also had diabetes and ...