Advancing transplantation: Hepatitis C-infected organs safe for transplantation when followed by antiviral treatment

Twenty patients at Penn Medicine have been cured of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) following lifesaving kidney transplants from deceased donors who were infected with the disease, according to a new study. The researchers also report that the kidney transplants for these 20 patients are functioning just as well as kidneys that are transplanted from similar donors without HCV.

Source: Advancing transplantation: Hepatitis C-infected organs safe for transplantation when followed by antiviral treatment