New law allows organ transplants from deceased HIV-infected donors to HIV-infected recipients

摘要

A recently passed law that ends a federal ban on transplantation of organs from deceased HIV-infected donors to HIV-infected recipients will help modernize health policy by addressing the reality that more people with HIV infection would benefit from transplantation.Highly active antiretroviral therapy has dramatically changed the landscape of living with HIV, improving both life expectancy and quality of life for infected patients. As a result, many patients now enjoy life expectancies that mirror those of the general population."We have gone from a disease where nearly everyone died to one that can be managed in a way that is less burdensome than many other chronic illnesses," said Daniel Kaul, MD, associate professor of infectious diseases at the University of Michigan.