Kidney transplant victim dies

Black man in hospital bed, wearing a black jacket.

Richard “Rick” Slayman, who received the world’s first successful transplant of a genetically edited pig kidney, has died.  Massachusetts General Hospital, where the transplant occurred on March 21, made the announcement today. Slayman, 62, was living with end-stage kidney disease. The hospital discharged him on April 2. His treatment points to a major discrepancy regarding kidney transplants…

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Police shoot an Air Force service member in his apartment

A young man in a military uniform.

An attorney for the family of a Florida special operations  airman who was shot and killed in his home by a local  police officer said Wednesday that officers responding to a reported disturbance may have entered the wrong apartment. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, who was assigned to the 4th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt…

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