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All donors did well after nephrectomies, and all recipients continue to have functioning kidneys

Based on findings from a study published today in the journal The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and three collaborating medical institutions suggest that people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who donate a kidney to other people living with HIV (PLWH) have a low risk of developing end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) or other kidney problems in the years following the donation.

Balancing Act: Chicago couple undergoes state’s first kidney transplant between HIV-positive patients. ‘They are really pioneers’ Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune © Stacey Wescott/TNS Al Morales counts off his kidney transplant medication at his home on April 11, 2021, in Chicago. Al Morales learned he needed a new kidney in late 2017. He had a seizure around Halloween that year that left him blind in one eye, and a series of tests revealed chronic kidney disease. “At this point I was thinking I’m out of hope,” Morales, 49, said. “Who’s going to donate a kidne...

Al Morales and Reed Benedict, together since 2009, are recovering well from the nation's third-ever kidney transplant between an HIV-positive donor and HIV-positive recipient. “There’s a lot of euphoria here.”