Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, US, predicted the organ would last two years but guaranteed there was no evidence the transplant caused death.
After the intervention, doctors confirmed that the organ was working well and hemodialysis was no longer necessary. Richard Sleiman, 62, suffered from end-stage kidney disease and type 2 diabetes.
In 2018, he received a human kidney transplant, but in 2023 the organ began to fail. “Mr. Sleiman will forever be remembered as a beacon of hope for countless transplant patients,” the hospital said, thanking him “for his trust and willingness.” develop the field of xenotransplantation [transplantes entre espécies diferentes]”
The family thanked the doctors: “They gave us seven more weeks with Rick and these memories will remain in our hearts.”
There were also two porcine heart transplant patients who died in less than two months.
In Portugal, about 1,900 people are waiting for a kidney transplant.