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Pig kidney transplant not linked to man’s death, doctors say

STORY: DR. LEONARDO RIELLA: “So at this time, there’s no indication that the kidney transplant had any influence on his death….” :: Massachusetts General Hospital Doctors say they don’t believe the man who received the world’s first pig kidney transplant died because of the transplanted organ. Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital announced 62-year-old Rick Slayman’s death […]

Man who received 1st pig kidney transplant has died. Why experts say animal organs could still ‘turn medicine on its ear.’

The first person to receive a pig kidney transplant, 62-year-old Richard Slayman, has died, just shy of two months after undergoing the groundbreaking procedure at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the facility announced in a May 11 statement. Despite Slayman’s death, his family and surgeons expressed no regret that he’d undergone the procedure and remain hopeful […]