UT Southwestern performed first HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive organ transplant in Texas
Biotechnology, Diagnostics, HIV, Infectious Disease, Non-Profit Research, Organ Transplant, Therapeutics
On Sept. 2, 2020, UT Southwestern (UTSW) announced that it had performed the first HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive organ transplant in Texas. On July 1, the 53-year-old Dallas man became the first recipient of an HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive organ transplant in UTSW Hospital.
A team of transplant doctors, surgeons, and infectious disease specialists completed the surgery without complications. UT Southwestern physicians have performed more than 3,000 solid organ transplants.
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Source: Universityﾠ ofﾠ Texasﾠ Southwesternﾠ Medicalﾠ Center
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