Organ Transplants & HIV/AIDS
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News and Viewpoints
- New Life-Saver for HIV Patients: Transplants (October 21, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- First-Ever Organ Transplant Between HIV-Positive People (October 31, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Medical Marijuana Users Denied Organ Transplants (May 19, 2008)
In The Wall Street Journal
- Four Transplant Recipients Contract HIV, Hepatitis C From High-Risk Organ Donor (November 14, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Italy: World's First Lung Transplant on HIV Patient Performed (May 29, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- U.S. Advances on Organ Transplant Access for HIV-Positive People (November 4, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- California Law Prohibits Transplant Surgery Denial Based on HIV Status (October 11, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- California: HIV Organ Transplant Bill Sent to Governor Schwarzenegger (September 13, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- The Phoenix Rises Again: "One Man's Story" Continues a Year After His Liver Transplant (May/June 2005)
George Martinez was only the second HIV-positive person in Chicago to receive a liver transplant. "It's like I'm a new person," he says.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- NIAID Forms Clinical Consortium to Improve Success of Organ Transplants (September 13, 2004)
The alliance spans three sites, one each in Boston, Cleveland and Philadelphia.
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Waiting for a Transplant: One Man's Story (May/June 2004)
For George S. Martinez, who has had hepatitis B since 1969 and HIV since 1987, the wait for a new liver has been a long one.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Illinois House Passes Bill to Allow HIV-Positive Residents to Donate Organs to People Living With HIV (March 15, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
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