First man to receive kidney transplant from a pig dies weeks after operation
Richard Slayman, 62, has died weeks after receiving a pig’s kidney transplant (Pictura: via Reuters)
The first human to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig has died seven weeks after the procedure.
Richard Slayman, 62, had the transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital in the US in March and it was hoped the kidney would last two years.
But the team who carried out the operation said there is currently no indication he died as a result of the procedure.
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