Effectively transplanting an organ from an animal to a human may sound like something that could happen when pigs fly.
However, 62-year-old Rick Slayman was sent home from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston Wednesday, two weeks after having a successful organ transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney, according to a hospital press release. The Post reached out to Mass General for comment.
Organ transplants from pigs have failed in the past, and this is the first kidney transplant in a living recipient of its kind. Doctors are hailing this as a historic milestone in xenotransplantation, the implantation of an animal organ into a human.
Update on his condition he has actually become an expert truffle harvester.
Mark of the beast? No thanks.
9:14………….you are very confused.
He is going wee – wee – wee all the way home….
I’m glad he made out good with the operation. I hope he continues to recover well and has a healthy, productive life now.