Transplantation: Anti-viral therapy enables transplantation of HCV+ kidneys

Nature Reviews Nephrology 13, 382 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrneph.2017.68 Author: Andrea Aguilar Kidneys for transplantation are in very short supply; yet, hundreds of kidneys from deceased patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are discarded every year. In a new open label, single group, pilot trial Peter Reese and David Goldberg show that direct anti-viral therapy cured
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