Signatures of kidney transplant rejection and acceptance

Three new reports describe biomarkers that identify either kidney transplant recipients likely to maintain excellent and stable allograft function in the absence of immunosuppressive drugs or those at risk of losing their transplants. Peter Heeger and Bernd Schroeppel, at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, describe in an accompanying commentary, the importance of these studies and how they might impact the management of patients in the clinic to provide a more personalised treatment regimen...

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