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Organ Transplants & HIV
The Basics
- MELD and the Waiting List for Liver Transplant (Regularly Updated)
From California Pacific Medical Center
- Organ Transplants: Promising News for Positive People (May/June 2004)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Surviving AIDS, and Beyond (December 1, 2003)
An interview with Dr. Robert Zackin, an HIV researcher and the first HIV-infected individual to receive a heart transplant.
In AIDS Clinical Care
- Liver Transplants: What You Need to Know (August 2003)
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In WISE Words, from Project Inform
- Hepatitis C and Liver Transplantation (January 2003)
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From HCV Advocate
- My New Liver (October 2002)
Activist Larry Kramer, coinfected with HIV and hepatitis B, talks about his liver transplant.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Is Liver Transplant an Option? (Summer 2002)
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation (March 2002)
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From HCV Advocate
- Organ Transplantation (August 2001)
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
- Getting on the List: Persons With HIV Struggle for Transplant Access (August 2000)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
News and Opinion
- 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
- Kidney, Liver Transplant Study for People With HIV (February 28, 2005)
A study of liver and kidney transplants for persons with HIV, at 19 U.S. transplant centers, is open to new patients.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- 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
- Liver Transplants Safe, Successful in Otherwise Healthy HIV Patients (February 11, 2004)
In The 11th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
- U.S. Hospitals Coming Around on Transplants for HIV Patients (June 30, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- U.S. AIDS Research Needs Tissue Donations (November 22, 2002)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- We Must Have Presumed Consent (October 2002)
It's the only way to increase the number of organ donors in the U.S., activist Larry Kramer says.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Texas: Body Parts Are Recalled (August 7, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- New Orleans: Tulane OKs Transplants for HIV Patients (March 7, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV Patients Get Fresh Hopes for Donor Organs (December 11, 2001)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Progress in AIDS Fight Leading to a Growing Number of Transplants for HIV-Positive Patients (December 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Boston AIDS Activist Must Wait for Liver Transplant (August 20, 2001)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Boston AIDS Activist Cleared for Liver Transplant (August 8, 2001)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- AIDS Patients on List for Organ Transplants (June 18, 2001)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Organ Transplants: One Million Dollars for Research (July 2, 1999)
From AIDS Treatment News
- Organ Transplants: Interview With Jeff Getty, on Ending the Exclusion of People With HIV (February 6, 1998)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Research
- Hep C Relapse Common, Treatment Success Uncertain Following Liver Transplant in HIV/HCV-Coinfected People (January 12, 2007)
From aidsmap.com
- Encouraging 1- to 3-Year Outcomes for HIV-Infected Liver and Kidney Transplant Recipients (August 16, 2006)
In XVI International AIDS Conference
- HIV/Hepatitis B Not an Obstacle to Liver Transplants, but Timing May Be Critical (May 2, 2006)
From 365Gay.com
- HIV and Solid Organ Transplantation (July 2003)
An overview and analysis of transplant research to date.
In Hopkins HIV Report
- AIDS Patient Alive Two Years After Heart Transplant (June 6, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Total Joint Arthroplasty in HIV-Positive Patients: An Alarming Rate of Early Failure (April 2003)
An unexpectedly high rate of complications was found after knee and hip replacements in people with HIV.
In Journal of Arthroplasty
- Solid Organ Transplantation in People With HIV (February 2003)
From HIV InSite
- Progress Report: Organ Transplantation in HIV (January 2003)
Research from the 2002 International AIDS Conference.
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
- U.S. AIDS Research Needs Tissue Donations (November 22, 2002)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- Transplants for HIV-Positive Patients? Researchers Say Yes (August 2, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- AIDS Patients Do OK With Transplants (October 17, 2001)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Safety and Efficacy of Solid Organ Transplantation in HIV-Positive Patients (March 2001)
In The PRN Notebook
- Organ Transplant Study Moves Forward (March 2000)
In Hotline Memos, from Project Inform
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