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SKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Richard Slayman, 62, is the first patient to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig. Two weeks after the procedure, he was well enough to be dischar...

The man continues to improve, doctors said. Organs from genetically engineered pigs one day may make dialysis obsolete.