For years, transplant surgeons have been reluctant to use organs from people who were infected with hepatitis C, due to fears of spreading the virus. But a new study gives hope to the tens of thousands of people waiting for a transplant.
According to the published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, new antiviral drugs are so effective that recipients can be protected from infection. It's the latest in a line of studies building a case for using these organs, . Side Effects has explored the issue in , a podcast highlighting the ways Americans deal with roadblocks in our complex healthcare system. focused on Kiran Shelat, a Philadelphia-area man who was among the nearly 100,000 people waiting for a kidney transplant in the U.S. He found one -- thanks to research being conducted by Dr. David Goldberg of the University of Pennsylvania.
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