Sunday, June 22, 2014

Heart-Transplant Rejection Identified Earlier Than Biopsy Via New Stanford Blood Test

A noninvasive way to detect heart-transplant rejection weeks or months earlier than previously possible has been devised by Stanford University researchers. The test, which relies on the detection of increasing amounts of the donor's DNA in the blood of the recipient, does not require the removal of any heart tissue. "This test appears to be safer, cheaper and more accurate than a heart biopsy, which is the current gold standard to detect and monitor ...

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