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.
The first man to receive ... While Mr Slayman received the first pig kidney to be transplanted into a human, it is not the first pig organ to be used in a transplant procedure.
Transplant recipient Richard “Rick ... the first patient to receive a genetically edited kidney from a pig, has died nearly two months after the milestone surgery, according to his family ...
The first man to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died two months after the operation, the hospital which carried out the procedure has said. Richard "Rick" Slayman ...
The Massachusetts man was the first living person to have the procedure. Previously, pig ... received heart transplants from pigs, although both died within months. Mr Slayman had a kidney ...
ALBAWABA - Only two months after receiving his pig kidney transplant surgery, American, Richard “Rick” Slayman passed away after undergoing the procedure, according to his family and the ...
In March, Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted the genetically-edited pig kidney into Rick Slayman, a 62-year-old man living with ... was not linked to the transplant, the hospital reported.
"To us, Rick was a kind-hearted man with a quick-witted sense of humour who was fiercely dedicated to his family, friends, and co-workers," they added. While Mr Slayman received the first pig kidney ...