Mariah Cain, Staff Writer
Richard Slayman, 62, made history on Saturday as being the first living person to receive a kidney from a pig. The surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital completed the surgery on Saturday. Slayman had been on dialysis for kidney failure prior to the operation.
“It really is a groundbreaking milestone,” said Slayman’s nephrologist, Dr. Winfred Williams. “Should the kidney continue to work well and this is a success, I think it represents a breakthrough in a number of different areas.”
