The First Man To Ever Receive Pig Kidney Transplant Dies
The first man to have ever successfully gotten a genetically edited pig kidney transplant has been reported dead The deceased had battled with kidney disease for almost a decade before eventually availed of the option of a pig organ The hospital described him as a brave man who was courageous in the face of an unyielding malady that was all for his life
A US man, Richard “Rick” Slayman, 62, who got a pig kidney transplant about two months ago to become the first human being to do so, has been confirmed dead by the hospital that did the surgery.
Slayman intentionally decided to try the pig kidney to give hope to other patients in the condition.
The hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, however, noted that the death is in no way related to the kidney transplant.
