Richard Slayman's Pig Kidney Death

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Richard Slayman, the world’s first living person to have received a genetically modified pig kidney, did not die as a result of the organ itself

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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.

The 62-year-old died just two months after he underwent the experimental procedure at Massachusetts General Hospital .

The news is a positive sign that animal-to-human transplantation (also called xenotransplantation) can still be a viable way to help solve the longstanding shortage of human donor organs.

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