Life Sciences

Researchers from Rhodes College discuss findings in life sciences

Published in AIDS Weekly, April 13th, 2009

According to recent research from the United States, "Prisoners have generally been excluded from donation because of ethical and infectious disease concerns. We propose a plan, which would address both concerns and examine the potential impact."

"Interested inmates would approach the prison's medical team expressing interest in living donation (LD). Principle steps in the process are (1) consent to evaluation and a two-step surgical consent. (2) Nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT). A standard LD workup would be initiated. If the results were acceptable, the inmate would sign the first surgical consent. NAAT for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatits B...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-04-13)

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