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Hepatitis C-positive Kidneys can be Transplanted Without Infection

Hepatitis C positive patients may now be able to donate kidneys to recipients without infection risk. Surgeons at Johns Hopkins have successfully transplanted ten hepatitis C-infected kidneys into patients without hepatitis C and prevented the patients from becoming infected by hepatitis C.

hepatitis c infected kidneys can be transplanted to the recipients without infection - currently usable organs from donors with hepatitis c are discarded - this might benefit nearly 100,000 people in the US currently waiting for a kidney transplant

Hepatitis C-positive Kidneys can be Transplanted Without Infection

Kidney donors infected with hepatitis c may now be able to donate without infection, finds a new study. Read More

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