Tag: Rick Slayman

• Monday, May 13th 2024 - 10:36 UTC

  Recipient of modified pig kidney dies 7 weeks after procedure

  

  Rick Slayman, a 62-year-old man who had received a genetically modified pig kidney on March 16 at Massachusetts General Hospital, died this weekend. He had terminal kidney disease when he received the organ during a four-hour operation that was considered a scientific milestone. The transplantation of organs from one species to another is a growing field known as xenotransplantation.