Friday, March 29, 2019

US doctors complete first-ever HIV kidney transplant

The US has performed what's believed to be the first-ever HIV kidney transplant.


Surgeons at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, have transplanted a kidney from a woman living with HIV, to an HIV-positive patient.


It's being touted as a major milestone for patients living with the disease.


Here's US correspondent Liling Tan with the details.


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