Rick Slayman is a lucky man. Thanks to doctors willing to think outside the box, he is alive and home after he received a lifesaving transplant using a genetically modified pig kidney.
That’s right – a pig kidney. He is the first living recipient. The groundbreaking surgery took place last month.
The transplant was performed at Massachusetts General Hospital. Slayman is 62 years old. He was diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease last year.
Two weeks after the surgery, he was released and went home. It’s impossible not to be amazed at medical innovation and what is possible today.
The hospital shared a statement on social media when he was released. Slayman is doing well.
We are happy to share that today, Rick Slayman, our first patient to ever receive a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, has been discharged from the hospital. He is recovering well and will continue to…
