Seven weeks after receiving the first-ever kidney transplant from a pig, a Massachusetts man died this weekend.
BOSTON - The Massachusetts man who received the first pig kidney transplant in the world has died. Rick Slayman, 62, from ...
Despite the patient's death, experts say transplants like this could someday help solve the ongoing organ shortage.
Rick Slayman, the first human recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney, has died nearly two months after the ...
The man who successfully received the first-ever pig kidney transplant has died nearly two months after the groundbreaking ...
Slayman underwent the successful four-hour xenotransplant surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and later was released in ...
The first person to receive a pig kidney transplant has died just two months after he underwent ... The first person to ...
A US man, Richard "Rick" Slayman, 62, who got a pig kidney transplant about two month ago, has been confirmed dead by the ...
Richard ‘Rick’ Slayman had the transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital in March at the age of 62. He was the first ...
The first living human to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died — two months after the operation.
The world’s first patient with a transplanted pig kidney has died, almost two months after the operation. In March, ...
According to a statement by Massachusetts General Hospital, there has been no indication his death was a result of the ...