First patient to get gene-edited pig kidney transplant dies

The first living patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died two months after the procedure, the US hospital that carried it out said. "Mass General is deeply saddened at the sudden passing of Mr. Rick Slayman . We have no indication that it was the result of his recent transplant," the Boston…The first living patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died two months after the procedure, the US hospital that carried it out said.

Organ shortages are a chronic problem around the world and Mass General said in March that there were more than 1,400 patients on its waiting list for a kidney transplant. More than 89,000 patients were on the national kidney waiting list as of March this year, according to a US health department website.Slayman’s family also thanked the doctors “who truly did everything they could to help give Rick a second chance. Their enormous efforts leading the xenotransplant gave our family seven more weeks with Rick, and our memories made during that time will remain in our minds and hearts.

Genetically modified pig hearts were transplanted in 2023 into two patients at the University of Maryland, but both lived less than two months. The House of Representatives Committee on Health has visited the Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja , to evaluate ongoing and completed projects.

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