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Rick Slayman was sent home from Massachusetts General Hospital after a procedure that marks a milestone in the emerging field of xenotransplantation
Rick Slayman, the first person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig, headed home just two weeks after his groundbreaking surgery.
62-year-old Rick Slayman was sent home from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Wednesday, two weeks after having a successful organ transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney, according to a hospital press release.
In a medical breakthrough that signals hope for thousands of patients on organ transplant waiting lists, Rick Slayman became the first individual to be
The first patient to receive a kidney transplanted from a genetically modified pig has been discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital.