Kidney transplant victim dies

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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