Doctors successfully implanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman, Lisa Pisano, who was teetering on the brink of death. This marked the culmination of a..

62-year-old Richard Slayman, the first patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant, has been discharged after a successful surgery. This..

Richard Slayman, 62, received a genetically-modified pig kidney transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital, becoming the first living recipient worldwide. He..

The recipient of the transplant was a brain-dead patient, whose kidneys were dysfunctional.