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While Slayman was unique in that he was chosen for a pig kidney transplant, his condition was far from rare: About 800,000 people in the U.S. have kidney failure and require dialysis, often a time ...
The first person to receive a pig kidney transplant, 62-year-old Richard Slayman, has died, just shy of two months after undergoing the groundbreaking procedure at Massachusetts General Hospital ...
May 11, 2024 at 6:05 PM. BOSTON (AP) — The first recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died nearly two months after he underwent the procedure, his family and the ...
March 22, 2024 at 10:46 AM. The first reported person in the world has received a genetically modified pig kidney. A transplant surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital successfully performed the ...
The first successful pig kidney transplant in a living recipient — a milestone in the field of so-called xenotransplantation, or animal-to-human transplant — could offer hope to the tens of ...
Richard Slayman, a 62-year-old man who has end-stage renal disease, is the first patient to receive a kidney transplant from a pig successfully.
Then doctors at NYU Langone Health devised a novel one-two punch: Implant a mechanical pump to keep her heart beating and days later transplant a kidney from a genetically modified pig.
Doctors in Boston have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient, the latest experiment in the quest to use animal organs in humans. Massachusetts General Hospital said Thursday that it ...