Richard Slayman, 62, the first patient to receive a kidney transplanted from a genetically modified pig, has fared so well that he was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday.
This came just two weeks after the groundbreaking surgery.
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Slayman thanked his physicians and nurses, as well as the well-wishers who reached out to him, including kidney patients who were waiting for an organ.
“Today marks a new beginning not just for me, but for them as well,” he said.
