Organ Transplants & HIV/AIDS
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 Viewpoints
- U.S. Senate Committee Passes Bill Approving Organ Transplants Between HIV-Positive People (March 25, 2013)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Approves HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act (March 22, 2013)
In AIDS United Policy Update, from AIDS United
 Lifting Ban on HIV Organ Donating -- A Blog Entry by Justin B. Terry-Smith (March 21, 2013)
From TheBody.com
- United States: Bipartisan Group Introduces Bill to End Ban on HIV Organ Donation (February 25, 2013)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Pleas Grow to End Transplant Ban Between HIV Patients (July 3, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- AIDS United Co-Sponsors Congressional Briefing on Organ Donation (June 29, 2012)
From AIDS United
- Organ Transplants (November/December 2011)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Taiwan University Hospital: Five Recipients of HIV-Positive Organs Test HIV-Negative (September 30, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Surgeons Object to New CDC Organ-Screening Guidelines (September 26, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Organ Donors to Be Screened for Infections by New Test (September 22, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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