Tag: Richard Slayman
First pig liver transplant lasts for 10 days
A US hospital has performed the world’s first genetically modified pig liver transplant on a person who was declared dead because he lacked brain function. The surgery at Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital was carried out on 48-year-old Richard Slayman. “I saw it not only as a way to help me, but a way to provide hope for the thousands of people who need a transplant,” Slayman said.
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