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Massachusetts General Hospital

May 12, 2024

U.S. man who received first-ever modified pig kidney transplant dies

The hospital said Mr Slayman’s death was not linked to the transplant.

Rick Slayman
April 4, 2024

Patient with transplanted pig kidney discharged from hospital

Pigs are particularly suitable as donors because their metabolism is similar to that of humans.

Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston; Rick Slayman
March 21, 2024

Surgeons transplant pig’s kidney into patient in major medical breakthrough

The genes likely to be rejected by the human body were removed from the pig and replaced with seven human genes to boost the pig’s compatibility with the receiving human body.

Surgeon