BOSTON - The Massachusetts man who received the first pig kidney transplant in the world has died. Rick Slayman, 62, from Weymouth, received the kidney from Massachusetts General Hospital on March 21.

The 62-year-old man who received the first-ever pig kidney transplant in the world has died, his family announced on Saturday. Richard Slayman underwent the four-hour procedure in March at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Richard Slayman, the first person to ever receive a kidney from a pig, has died, according to Massachusetts General Hospital, ...

The first living patient to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking transplant, his family and doctors announced Saturday. Richard “Rick” Slayman ...

Rick Slayman, the first human recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney, has died Michelle Rose/Massachusetts General Hospital Rick Slayman, the first human to receive a transplant of a ...

(Reuters) - A man with end-stage renal disease who earlier this year became the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig has died, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston ...

STORY: DR. LEONARDO RIELLA: “So at this time, there's no indication that the kidney transplant had any influence on his death….” :: Massachusetts General Hospital Doctors say they don't believe the ...

Following his discharge from the hospital, the first man to receive a successful kidney transplant from a pig said the moment was "one of the happiest" of his life and marked a "new beginning" for him ...

WEYMOUTH – Richard "Rick" Slayman isn't returning to life as normal, but life as he hasn't known it for years – a life he wished for but thought he might never live to see again. Slayman, 62, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 62-year-old Boston man has successfully undergone a landmark medical procedure, The New York Times reported. Surgeons at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rick Slayman, the first human to receive a transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney, has died. He was 62. “Our family is ...