Pig-to-Human Transplants Condemned as 'Cruel and Dangerous' After Death

The world's first living recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney passed away weeks after receiving the transplantation.

Animal rights organization PETA has condemned the use of animal organs in human transplantation after the world's first living recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney passed away just weeks after receiving the organ transplantation.On March 16, Richard 'Rick' Slayman, 62, received the genetically modified organ at Mass General Hospital as a last resort treatment for end-stage kidney disease.

In August 2023, doctors from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine transplanted modified pig kidneys into a brain-dead patient to demonstrate how these organs can function just like human organs over a specified time period. A similar case was reported two years before in September 2021.However, so far, the living patients who have received these transplantations have only survived for short periods of time following the procedure.

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