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1st Living HIV-Positive Organ Donor Wants To Lift ‘The Shroud Of HIV Related Stigma’

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Nina Martinez has become the first living HIV-positive organ donor. Above, Martinez is pictured with her surgeon, Dr. Dorry Segev of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Nina Martinez has become the first living HIV-positive organ donor. Above, Martinez is pictured with her surgeon, Dr. Dorry Segev of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Nina Martinez just became the world’s first living HIV-positive organ donor.

In a medical breakthrough, surgeons at Johns Hopkins Hospital late last month successfully transplanted one of her kidneys to a recipient who is also HIV positive. Read More

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