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“We would like to see as many safe transplants occurring as possible, and there’s no reason why H.I.V.-positive recipients shouldn’t get transplants and that H.I.V.-positive
Monday, Apr. 11, 2011

Open quoteThere's no reason why HIV-positive recipients shouldn't get transplants and that HIV-positive donors can't be used.Close quote

  • MATTHEW KUEHNERT,
  • director of the Office of Blood, Organ and Other Tissue Safety at the CDC, which, along with other health agencies, is calling for the repeal of a 23-year-old ban on transplanting organs from people with HIV
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