Fernanda P Silveira, Md, Ms

This study tested whether livers from donors with hepatitis C could be safely transplanted into people without hepatitis C. Five patients received such livers and were then treated with the antiviral drug Epclusa to prevent infection. The goal was to expand the donor pool and red…

This study tested whether the drug letermovir can prevent CMV infection in adults who received a lung transplant for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Fifteen participants took letermovir after transplant, and researchers tracked how many developed CMV infection or disease dur…