Man Who Received Historic Pig Kidney Transplant Did Not Die From It

November 14, 2024

An empty hospital bed

(Gizmodo) – Doctors say that Richard Slayman’s body did not reject a pig kidney modified to become more compatible with human biology.

A historic medical accomplishment that ended in tragedy may yet have a silver lining. Doctors say that Richard Slayman, the world’s first living person to have received a genetically modified pig kidney, did not die as a result of the transplanted organ itself. (Read More)