Richard Slayman died almost two months after the historic procedure, the Boston hospital where he had the transplant said Saturday. At 62, he had the transplant to treat his end-stage kidney disease.
Richard « Rick » Slayman, the first human to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant, has died almost two months after the procedure.
Slayman, who had end-stage kidney disease, underwent the transplant in March at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston at age 62.
The hospital said in a statement on Saturday that there was « no indication » that his death was the result of the transplant. The transplant surgeon had said he hoped the transplant would function for at least two years.
« The Mass General transplant team is deeply saddened at the sudden passing of Mr.
