Pig Kidney TransplantRichard "Rick" Slayman, aged 62, passed away / two months after

リチャード・「リック」・スレイマン、享年 62、が亡くなった / 遺伝子組み換え

receiving a genetically modified pig kidney transplant/ at Massachusetts

ブタの腎臓移植を受けてから 2 ヵ月後に / マサチューセッツ総合病院（MGH）でGeneral Hospital (MGH).//

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Before the operation in March 2024,/ Slayman suffered from end-stage

2024 年 3 月の手術前 / スレイマンは末期の腎臓病を 患 っていた// 彼の死にkidney disease.// Despite his death,/ MGH clarified / that it was not due to theもかかわらず / MGH は明らかにした / 彼の死は移植によるものではなかったこtransplant.// This event marked a significant milestone,/ as previous attemptsとを// この出来事は重要な一里塚となり / 遺伝子組み換えブタの臓器を使ったwith organs from genetically modified pigs / had failed.//

これまでの試みは / 失敗に終わった//

Slayman,/ battling not only kidney disease/ but also Type 2 diabetes

スレイマンは / 腎臓病と闘うだけでなく / 2 型糖尿病や高血圧とも（闘っていand hypertension,/ had previously undergone a human kidney transplant in

たが）/ 2018 年に人体腎臓移植を受けたことがあり / (その移植は)5 年続いた//

2018,/ which lasted five years.// After the pig kidney transplant,/ his doctors

ブタの腎臓移植の後 / 医師は確認した / 彼にもう透析が必要ないことを / 新しconfirmed / he no longer needed dialysis / after the new organ was said to be

い臓器がうまく機能していると言われた後//

functioning well.//
MGH expressed gratitude for Slayman's contribution/ to advancing

MGH は、スレイマン氏の貢献に感謝の意を表した / 異種移植の発展に対して//

medical practice.// Although he was the first to receive a pig kidney,/ it was not

ブタの腎臓を移植されたのは彼が初めてだったが /これが初めてではなかった /the first time/ pig organs were used in transplants.// Two other patients had

ブタの臓器が移植に使われたのは//

他にも 2 人の患者がブタの心臓移植を受けたが / 彼らは生存できなかった /その後数週間しか//undergone pig heart transplants,/ but they did not survive / more than a few

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weeks afterward.//
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Richard "Rick" Slayman, aged 62, passed awaymonths after receiving a genetically modified
transplant

twopig kidney

Question 1: How long after receiving the pig kidney transplant did Mr. Slaypass away?

at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

Before the operation in March 2024, Slayman suffere

dfrom end-stage kidney disease. Despite his death, MGH clarifie dQuestion 2: Was the pig kidney transplant the cause of Mr. Slayman’s
death?

that it was not due to the transplant. This event marked asignificant milestone , as previous attempts

with organs fromgenetically modified pigs had failed.

Question 3: How many patients in total have undergone pig organ

Slayman, battling not only kidney disease but also Type 2
diabetestransplants?

and hypertension, had previously undergone a humankidney transplant in 2018, which lasted five years. After the pig
kidney transplant, his doctors confirmed he no longer needed

Ask 1: Mr. Slayman についての質問を英語で書いてください。

dialysis after the new organ was said to be functioning well.
MGH expressed gratitudefor Slayman's contribution toadvancing xenotransplantation . Although he was the first toreceive a pig kidney, it was not the first time pig organs were usedin transplants. Two other patients

have received pig hearttransplants, but they did not survive

more than a few weeks

afterward.

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Sample Answer 1: Two months.

Sample Answer 2: No, MGH clarified that Mr. Slayman’s death was notcaused by the organ transplant.

Sample Answer 3: Three, including Mr. Slayman.

Sample Question 1: What is the cause of Mr. Slayman’s death?
What kind of person was Mr. Slayman when he was still alive?

Sample Question 2: What other animals have been used for organtransplant?
Is it possible to develop an artificial organ for transplantation?

Sample Question 3: Did Mr. Slayman experience any side effects after thepig kidney transplant?
Are there any rules about using pig kidneys for transplants?