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NIH launches HOPE study of liver transplant outcomes in patients with HIV

March 15, 2019

The National Institutes of Health announced the launch of the HOPE in Action Multicenter Liver Study, designed to evaluate liver transplantation outcomes in patients with HIV, according to a recent press release.

The study is sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and follows the launch of a similar study for kidney transplantation outcomes in patients with HIV launched in 2018.

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HCV, HBV viral control improves kidney transplant survival rates

March 14, 2019

Kidney transplant recipients with hepatitis B and hepatitis C in whom viral replication was controlled had similar overall and graft survival rates as patients without…

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DAA therapy after HCV-positive heart transplant results in 100% SVR

February 27, 2019

All patients who completed direct-acting antiviral therapy after orthotopic heart transplantation with hepatitis C-positive donor hearts achieved sustained virologic…

Hemopure synthetic oxygen solution salvages initially rejected donor livers

February 18, 2019

Hemoglobin Oxygen Therapeutics announced results from a pilot study of its hemoglobin-based oxygen-carrying solution, Hemopure, in which initially rejected donor livers…

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