The first person to have a pig kidney transplant has died nearly two months after the procedure. Richard "Rick" Slayman, 62, underwent the four-hour transplant at a hospital in Boston in March.
The first patient to be given a kidney transplant from a pig has died two months after the milestone operation. Rick Slayman, 62, was suffering from end-stage kidney disease when doctors in the US ...
No indication that Richard ‘Rick’ Slayman’s receipt of genetically modified kidney caused his death, says Massachusetts ...
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Rick Slayman, the first person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig, has died nearly two months after having the historic surgery.
The first patient to receive a genetically modified kidney transplant from a pig has died just two moths after the procedure. Richard Slayman, 62, from Boston, was living with end-stage kidney ...
Richard “Rick” Slayman, a 62-year-old man who made history as the first person to receive a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, has died two months after the groundbreaking surgery ...
The hospital has said there is no indication that Mr Slayman died as a result of the procedure. Credit: Massachusetts General Hospital. The first recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney ...
Richard Slayman, 62, passed post genetically modified pig kidney transplant. Richard was suffering with end-stage kidney disease. In 2018, he had a human kidney transplant, but that was not a ...
The man who received a genetically modified pig kidney nearly two months ago in an unprecedented transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has died. The hospital said there was no ...