The First Person to Receive a Pig Kidney Transplant Has Died
Richard “Rick” Slayman, the first person to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig, has died nearly two months …
Organ transplant
She Wasn’t Suitable for a Transplant – so Now She Has Two Pig Organs
A 54-year-old New Jersey woman has become the second living person to receive a genetically modified pig kidney. The surgery, …
NYU Doctors Perform Pig Kidney Transplant Combined with Heart Pump Implantation for the First Time
Another milestone in pig-to-human transplantation has been reached: Doctors at New York University Langone today announced the world’s first combined …
Texas Hospital Halts Organ Transplant Program After Doctor Accused of Tampering with Records
A Texas hospital has shut down its organ transplant program after discovering that a doctor allegedly made “inappropriate changes” to …