Blood to diagnose organ rejection.(Genomics)(Brief article)

* Blood to diagnose organ rejection. Researchers from the PROOF Centre for Excellence and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, funded by Genome B.C., have discovered that blood from heart and kidney transplant patients has genetic biomarkers that can diagnose and predict acute organ rejection. Biomarkers in Transplantation, a research initiative that will allow doctors to identify patients rejecting transplanted organs with a simple blood test, is making use of advanced genomic, proteomic, and computational tools to develop the test, which will diagnose rejection before acute organ rejection occurs, allowing doctors to intervene early and to personalize a patient's immunosuppressant therapy. After validating the test in this group of patients in Vancouver, the research team is now taking the test across Canada in preparation for government approval.

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