New data demonstrate that in people with HIV infection, transplantation outcomes with HIV-positive donor kidneys are not inferior to those with HIV-negative donor kidneys and donor-derived HIV strains do not persist in the recipients. This approach should be standard of care for kidney transplantation in people living with HIV.
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Sawinski, D., Glesby, M.J. Dare to HOPE: a step closer to HIV+-to-HIV+ kidney transplantation as standard of care. Nat Rev Nephrol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41581-024-00920-3
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