Blood test shows promise for early detection of severe lung-transplant rejection
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - 09:50
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have developed a simple blood test that can detect when a newly transplanted lung is being rejected by a patient, even when no outward signs of the rejection are evident. The test could make it possible for doctors to intervene faster to prevent or slow down so-called chronic rejection -- which is severe, irreversible, and often deadly -- in those first critical months after lung transplantation.