Researchers in Prof. Minnie Sarwal's laboratory have discovered a panel of urine protein biomarkers to diagnose acute rejection in patients with kidney transplants. Acute rejection of kidney grafts remains a significant problem in transplantation community.
Researchers at Stanford have developed a gene expression-based method for determining a virally infected patient's risk of developing severe symptoms, irrespective of the virus.
Drs. Purvesh Khatri and Timothy Sweeney at Stanford have identified a set of three genes that can be used to diagnose active tuberculosis (TB) and distinguish active TB from latent TB or other diseases. TB is a worldwide public health problem.