Better diagnosing heart transplant rejection and injury
(University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine& Dentistry) Dr. Phil Halloran and his team at the Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre (ATAGC) at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, has developed a molecular system for reading heart transplant biopsies through the use of microarrays, commonly referred to as gene chips. The system promises greater accuracy in determining heart rejection and predicting future heart failure.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
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