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The First Person to Receive a Pig Kidney Transplant Has Died
The hospital that carried out the procedure two months prior says there’s “no indication” that the transplant was related to his death.
In dialysis, a machine connects to a major blood vessel to remove waste and excess fluid when the kidneys have stopped functioning. The primary hurdle with using pig organs in people is the human immune system, which recognizes animal tissue as foreign and rejects it. In a statement released by Mass General, Slayman’s family said they feel comforted by the optimism he provided other patients who are waiting for a transplant.
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