Blood test may predict risk of organ rejection in kidney transplant patients
Written By : Hina Zahid
Medically Reviewed By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli
Published On 2020-03-13 14:00 GMT | Update On 2020-03-13 14:00 GMT
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Washington, DC -- A new blood test may predict transplant failure risk in CKD patients. The blood marker may help physicians predict which patients who recently underwent kidney transplantation are at risk of experiencing organ rejection several years later. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
Immunosuppressive medications are essential for keeping a kidney transplant recipient's immune system from attacking the transplanted organ, but in many cases, rejection eventually occurs. Predicting kidney transplant failure may help clinicians intervene before it's too late, but this requires a better understanding of individual patients' immune responses.
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