Richard Slayman of Weymouth made history when he received the world's first
Massachusetts General Hospital says there's no indication that Ricard
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...
The hospital said there was no indication the passing was due to the transplant.
The first living person who got a kidney from a genetically modified pig has reportedly died. The groundbreaking transplant took place two months ago.Richard ‘Rick’ Slayman, 62, underwent the transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Two weeks later, in March, he returned home.“Their enormous efforts leading the xenotransplant gave our family seven more weeks with Rick, and our memories made during that time will remain in our minds and hearts,” his family said in a statement,...
Richard Slayman, the first recipient of a genetically engineered pig kidney transplant, died two months later after the breakthrough procedure in Massachusetts.
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Animal rights organization PETA has condemned the use of animal organs in human transplantation after the world's first living recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney passed away just weeks after receiving the organ transplantation.On March 16, Richard "Rick" Slayman, 62, received the genetically modified organ at Mass General Hospital as a last resort treatment for end-stage kidney disease. The kidney, supplied by biotech company eGenesis, was taken from a pig donor that was genetically...
A man with end-stage renal disease who earlier this year became the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig has died, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said.
By Brendan Pierson(Reuters) - A man with end-stage renal disease who earlier this year became the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig has died, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said."The Mass General transplant team is deeply saddened at the sudden passing of Mr. Rick Slayman," the hospital said in a statement on Saturday. "We have no indication that it was the result of his recent transplant."Slayman, 62, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, received the...
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