Rick Slayman, the first person to ever receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant, died roughly two months after he underwent the surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). MGH said there's "no indication" his death as due to the surgery.
Slayman received a regular kidney transplant in 2018 but had to go back on dialysis last year due to complications. According to his family, the pig kidney operation, known as a "xenotransplant," gave them "seven more weeks" with him.