Organs That Couldn't Be Transplanted Before Are Now Usable Thanks to This Life-Saving Medicine

Organs That Couldn’t Be Transplanted Before Are Now Usable Thanks to This Life-Saving Medicine

“New antiviral drugs that promise a cure for the millions of Americans with chronic hepatitis are also benefiting another category of patients: those awaiting organ transplants.

Those patients can now receive an organ that has tested positive for hepatitis C, and if they become infected, they can be administered the antivirals to rid them of the disease…”

http://www.sciencealert.com/organs-infected-with-hepatitis-c-can-now-be-transplanted

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http://www.sciencealert.com/organs-infected-with-hepatitis-c-can-now-be-transplanted