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In this March 16, 2024, image courtesy of the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, surgeons prepare the pig kidney for transplantation during the world鈥檚 first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living human. The first living patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died, the US hospital that carried out the procedure said in a statement issued late on May 11, 2024. | AFP File Photo

The first living patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died two months after the procedure, the US hospital that carried it out said.

鈥楳ass General is deeply saddened at the sudden passing of Mr. Rick Slayman. We have no indication that it was the result of his recent transplant,鈥� the Boston hospital said in a statement issued late Saturday.聽