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Transplants with infected organs can be safe, study finds

Due to the opioid crisis, more donated organs are infected with the hepatitis C virus and many are declined as a result. Now researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston are using a new approach to protect transplant patients and enable the use of infected donor organs. Dr. Mallika Marshall reports.
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