Tag: Johns Hopkins Transplant Research Center

Study Finds HIV-To-HIV Kidney Transplants Are as Safe and Effective as Those Using Organs From Donors Without HIV

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According to findings from a multicenter study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine and released today in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), transplanting kidneys from deceased donors who had the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to recipients with HIV is safe. Perhaps more importantly, the study authors also found that HIV-to-HIV kidney transplants are comparable in effectiveness to those using organs from donors without HIV.

Long-Term Study Reaffirms Benefits of Covid-19 Vaccination for Organ Transplant Recipients

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A two-year study found that spikes of post-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 viral infections (commonly known as COVID-19 breakthrough cases) remain common, yet hospitalization rates have dramatically dropped following the first wave of the virus’ omicron subvariant.