A Massachusetts hospital said the death was unrelated to the transplant, and Richard Sleiman's family thanked the medical team for giving them seven weeks with Rick.
Richard Sleiman, who received a genetically engineered pig kidney transplant two weeks ago, has been released from Massachusetts General Hospital. This is the first such operation, which marks a milestone in the search for the most available organs for patients, the hospital's announcement reads.
The four-hour operation, performed on March 16, "marks a major milestone in the quest to provide more accessible organs to patients," the hospital said in a statement.
Prof. Dr. Miljko Ristić, former president of the FSS Medical Commission, says that the two operations performed by doctors in Manila, which were performed on Boris Simanić, indicate that not everything was done properly in the first
