Nearly two months after becoming the first person to undergo a genetically modified pig kidney transplant,
Rick Slaiman slayman has died.
Doctors in Massachussette general hospital did the procedure in March.
The hospital's transparent team says it's deeply sadden and there is no indication that the 62 old man died as a result of transplant
slayman Slaiman's familiy thank them saying their efforts gave them seven more weeks with him
Previously pig kidneys have had been temporarily transplanted into brain dead donors
Two men received heart transplants from pigs are those although both died within one months
I'm July Walker.