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Johns Hopkins Approved for HIV-Positive Organ Transplants – ABC News

By February 9, 2016May 22nd, 2025No Comments

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Johns Hopkins Medicine has recently received approval to perform organ transplants between HIV-positive donors and recipients.

The hospital announced in a news release Monday that it plans to perform the nation’s first kidney transplant between an HIV-positive donor and recipient and the first such liver transplant in the world. These transplants could take place as soon as a suitable organ becomes available and a recipient is identified and prepared.

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