The world’s first patient with a transplanted pig kidney has died almost two months after the operation. In March, Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted the genetically-edited pig kidney into Rick Slayman, …
The first recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died nearly two months after he underwent the procedure. Richard “Rick” Slayman had the transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital …
The second milestone transplant took place in the United States, where a pig’s kidney was put into a patient with end-stage kidney failure. The procedure had previously been performed on …
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has announced the world’s first successful transplant of a “genetically-edited” pig kidney into a 62-year-old man living with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). The four-hour-long surgery was …