NYU Langone Surgeons Perform World's First HIV-to-HIV Lung Transplant
Surgeons at NYU Langone Health transplanted both lungs and a liver from an HIV-positive donor into a 56-year-old HIV-positive recipient on March 21, 2026. This single patient, first-of-its-kind procedure was performed under a HOPE Act research protocol, which permits organ transfers between HIV-positive donors and recipients. The account comes from NYU Langone's own press release, reported by one outlet, with no independent corroboration yet and no long-term outcome data.
Why it matters
People with HIV have historically been excluded from receiving organs from HIV-positive donors, and this procedure offers early evidence that such transplants are surgically feasible under research conditions.
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