Wednesday, September 25, 2013


New Test May Protect Future Kidney Organ


http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/352937/description/Test_could_warn_of_problems_for_kidney_transplant_recipients


In this article it talks about a potential test that can tell if a patient who had received a kidney organ will potentially have an organ failure. The test would involve checking your urine for for a specific immune protein CXCL9. In a research, they found that patients who show high levels of CXCL9 have a higher chance of organ failure. By doing this test there is no harm to the patient but only beneficial. Standard procedure would be a kidney biopsy where they would have to surgically remove a small piece of the tissue. If the biopsy shows signs of damage tissue, it means that the immune system is attacking the organ and the organ has stop filtering the blood. Rejection can be gradual or sudden but its usually treated by immune suppressant drugs. By having a test that does not involve dangerous invasive procedure, doctors are able to adjust immune suppressant drugs base on the result of their urine.

I really like this article, and the tittle of the article says it all. The article was well written and the information was right on the spot with little to no complication of reading it. There was another article link to this article in the second paragraph but you have to be a member to be able to read it. I was sad to find that out because I was hoping the link could lead to some charts or data. I really wish that this article would have some data regarding to the research but overall was a great article. This is great news to hear for both doctors and patients who had just received a new kidney.

6 comments:

  1. Interesting article I wonder what role cxcl9 plays in the body. Its amazing that scientist have found such specific ways of measuring certain things in the body

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  2. Jack, this post really highlights the importance of proactive and preventive care. It’s great to hear about these non-invasive procedures and how they’ll be able to perform standard functions without afflicting human suffering. Your critique is short and straightforward, and your selection of images is amusing, as always. Good job.

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  3. Having this test is such a great benefit. Now doctors and patients can be more assured that when doing an organ transplant nothing completely horrible will go wrong and will be able to function properly. Your critique gets straight to the point and is very easy to read and understand. It just goes to show how the immune system can be so crucial and complicated!

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  5. This research can elevate organ transplant surgeries to a new level because it answers the most important question: "will this organ fail?" I read a recent interview with a number of transplant surgeons around the US and they said what makes transplant surgery a funny business is that there are so many unknown answers, which could not be answered until after the procedure and seeing how the body reacts to the new organ. Good Job, really good article and Keep it up!

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  6. I think with something like this there would be a lot of heart ache that could be prevented, ad of course the loss of life from potential organ failure. Great article, and even better reading you talk about it.

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