First person to receive a genetically-modified pig kidney transplant has died
Zuko Komisa Image | Nearly two months after receiving a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig, Richard "Rick" Slayman, the first human recipient of the technique, passed away.Slayman, 62, had the transplant in March at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after being diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease. According to Massachusetts General Hospital, the procedure was done to address the organ shortage for recipients of transplants. The procedure marked a […]