(Source: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital) Urine Biomarker Test Can Diagnose as well as Predict Rejection of Transplanted Kidneys National Clinical Trial Demonstrates the Three-Gene Signature Test, Developed at Weill Cornell Medical College, Will Improve Care of Kidney Transplant Patients NEW YORK (Jul 3, 2013) A breakthrough non-invasive test can detect whether transplanted kidneys are in the process of being rejected, as well as identify patients at risk for rejection weeks to months before they show symptoms, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). By measuring just three genetic molecules in a urine sample, the test accurately diagnoses acute rejection...
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