FirstEver Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Dies Nearly 2 Months After Procedure

Richard Slayman, the 62yearold who made history by receiving the world's first genetically modified pig kidney transplant in March, has died. After undergoing a fourhour procedure, he was discharged from the hospital two weeks later on April 2. Slayman had been living with Type 2 diabetes and hypertension for many years until he received a human kidney transplant in 2018. He was later forced to resume dialysis after the transplanted kidney began to fail. The doctors then opted for a genetically modified pig kidney transplant. However, the hospital that carried out the procedure has said that there was no indication Slayman's sudden passing was due to the transplant. Meanwhile, New Jersey's Lisa Pisano became the first woman to receive a pig organ in April 2024.



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