Rick Slayman, Recipient Of First Pig Kidney Transplant, Dead At 62
A Massachusetts man who received the world’s first pig kidney transplant has died at the age of 62, WBZ reported Sunday. Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital performed a successful transplant on Rik Suleiman on March 21, 2024, according to reports. W.B.Z.. WBZ reported that Suleiman was discharged from the hospital two weeks after the surgery […]
First living patient to receive pig kidney Richard “Rick” Slayman dead at 62, weeks after historic transplant
The first living patient to receive a kidney from a genetically engineered pig has died two months after the breakthrough transplant, his family and doctors announced Saturday. Richard “Rick” Suleiman, 62, went home in March, two weeks after undergoing a transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. “Thanks to their hard work leading the xenotransplant, […]