Man who got genetically modified pig kidney transplant dies after 2 months

[shoopa]

Man who got genetically modified pig kidney transplant dies after 2 months, who would have guessed, rip to him.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/massachusett ... 57606.html



"A Massachusetts man has died nearly two months after he made history as the first recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney transplant, his family and the hospital that performed the procedure announced Saturday.

Richard Slayman, 62, had the transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital in March, when surgeons predicted the pig kidney would last for at least two years."

[TheButcher]

All transplants are high risk operations, they have to start somewhere, sorry he died but he played his part in furthering successful transplants for others.

rest in peace.

[jag]

You can live with one kidney,why did they do a transplant,was his other kidney not up to he task.

[urbanlegend]

They will perfect it and one day more people will have access to genetically modified pig kidneys and live a normal life.

[TheButcher]

They will perfect it and one day more people will have access to genetically modified pig kidneys and live a normal life.

Hopefully it becomes a reality and he made a contribution to Medicine

[PootangMan]

Would he eat pork if he had survived.

[BrasSmonkey]

the worse animal to use....

[PootangMan]

the worse animal to use....

Pork meat is not as bad as beef for you

[BrasSmonkey]

the worse animal to use....

Pork meat is not as bad as beef for you

parasites....

[Webby]

the worse animal to use....

Pork meat is not as bad as beef for you

parasites....

We learned about pork tapeworms in science class, they are nasty.