Verici Dx plc (AIM: VRCI), a developer of advanced clinical diagnostics for organ transplant, announces the appointment to the Board of Lorenzo Gallon, MD, as Non-executive Director with immediate effect.
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension) and Surgery (Organ Transplantation), Dr. Gallon is currently the Medical Director of the Translational Medicine Program, the Director of International Relations and the Director of the Renal Transplant Fellowship at Northwestern University, He is an alumnus of the University of Padua Medical School, Italy.
Dr. Gallon has extensive experience in nephrology and hypertension as well as organ transplantation. He was a collaborator and co-author with Dr. Barbara Murphy in the GoCar study1, which was foundational in the development of Verici’s products. He has acted as an advisor / consultant for multiple pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, such as Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Horizon Therapeutics, Inc., and Argenx Pharma. He is also a member of the Editorial Board at the journal Nephron since 2019. In 2012, Dr Gallon was part the Northwestern Medicine transplant team that conducted the first successful removal and implantation of a kidney from one patient to another after the organ failed in the first recipient. The findings of the case were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
In March 2021, Verici Dx unveiled that it has partnered with Dr Lorenzo Gallon, together with Dr Milagros Samaniego at Henry Ford Health System and Dr Daniel G. Maluf at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, in order to initiate the first US clinical trials for its two lead products, Clarava™ and Tuteva™. The trial will use next generation sequencing in the Verici laboratory to create transcriptomic profiles to validate performance characteristics of Clarava™ and Tuteva™. In the longer term, Verici is also seeking to work on the validation of its fibrosis test.
Julian Baines, MBE, Non-executive Chairman of Verici Dx, said:
“On behalf of the Board, I am delighted to welcome Lorenzo to Verici Dx. He brings extensive experience counselling boards and executives and will be an integral advisor helping us accelerate innovation in kidney disease and transplantation, especially on validation of our two lead products, Clarava™ and Tuteva™. The wealth of clinical acumen Lorenzo brings will definitely add value to the work we do every day on behalf of the millions of patients who had or waiting for kidney transplant. We look forward to embarking on our next phase of growth with our strengthened Board.”
Dr Lorenzo Gallon, Non-executive Director of Verici Dx, said:
“I’m honoured to join the Verici Dx Board of Directors and share my perspective as advisor with nearly 20 years of experience in the life sciences industry, particularly in nephrology and organ transplantation. I am glad to see the continuing development of relationships between academics and biotechnology companies, and I want to do all that I can to use my knowledge and experiences I’ve obtained to help advance innovation in the treatment as well as diagnostic testing of those who have kidney disease.”
Regulatory Disclosures
Dr Lorenzo Giovanni Gallon, aged 56, currently has no shareholding in the Company and there is no further information required to be disclosed under Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.
1 – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27452608/
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About Verici Dx plc
Verici Dx is developing and commercialising tests to understand how a patient will and is responding to organ transplant, with an initial focus on kidney transplants. The body’s own immune system poses a threat to a successful transplant or graft. Patients’ immune systems differ in how they respond to the presence of the transplanted organ, characterising this response is called immune phenotyping. Our products and solutions are underpinned by extensive scientific research into the recipient’s immune phenotype and how that impacts on acute rejection, chronic injury and ultimately failure of the transplant. These immuno-profile signatures also inform clinicians as to the optimal strategy for immunosuppressive and other therapies for the most successful treatment to ensure graft acceptance with the least amount of side effects.
The foundational research was driven by a deep understanding of cell-mediated immunity and is enabled by access to expertly curated collaborative studies in highly informative cohorts in kidney transplant.
Major milestone in the commercial launch of Verici Dx’s lead products, ClaravaTM and TutevaTM
Verici Dx plc (AIM: VRCI), a developer of advanced clinical diagnostics for organ transplant, announces that it has obtained a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Certification of Registration under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the Company’s newly established US clinical laboratory at the Innovation Park in Franklin, Tennessee, on which it took a lease in late April this year.
The Certificate of Registration authorises the Company to initiate commercial operations as a diagnostic laboratory in Tennessee. The location was selected for the high-quality premises within a healthcare hub to facilitate ease of logistics and hiring in the Palmetto region. Verici Dx expects to commercially launch its two flagship commercial products, Clarava™ and Tuteva™, in 2022.
In addition, the issuance of the CLIA Certification of Registration in Tennessee represents a milestone in the steps toward seeking a coverage determination through the MolDx Program administered by Palmetto GBA, the regional Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) of CMS which is responsible for services performed in laboratories located in the State of Tennessee and is also one of the largest MACs in the US.
Verici Dx’s two leading commercial clinical offerings, Clarava™ and Tuteva™, are designed to support clinician management and short and long-term graft health in kidney transplant patients. These leading-edge technologies are underpinned by extensive patented and published scientific research from Mount Sinai Medical Center for which Verici Dx holds an exclusive worldwide licence.
Michael J. Donovan, Chief Medical Officer of Verici Dx, said: “CLIA certification is the keystone of our strategy that serves to broaden diagnostic testing in the near term for kidney transplant patients. This Certificate of Registration is a key milestone in the CLIA approval pathway essential for commercial launch of the Company’s two lead products. Subject to successful conclusion of our validation studies, having a CLIA-certified lab will allow us to aid clinicians by using accurate, data-driven and non-invasive detection, to support their clinical decisions and ultimately improve kidney graft health for the tens of thousands of patients who undergo kidney transplant each year. We look forward to publishing validation study data on our first two products in early 2022.”
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About Verici Dx plc
Verici Dx is developing and commercialising tests to understand how a patient will and is responding to organ transplant, with an initial focus on kidney transplants. The body’s own immune system poses a threat to a successful transplant or graft. Patients’ immune systems differ in how they respond to the presence of the transplanted organ, characterising this response is called immune phenotyping. Our products and solutions are underpinned by extensive scientific research into the recipient’s immune phenotype and how that impacts on acute rejection, chronic injury and ultimately failure of the transplant. These immuno-profile signatures also inform clinicians as to the optimal strategy for immunosuppressive and other therapies for the most successful treatment to ensure graft acceptance with the least amount of side effects.
The foundational research was driven by a deep understanding of cell-mediated immunity and is enabled by access to expertly curated collaborative studies in highly informative cohorts in kidney transplant.
Multi-centre validation trial for leading products on track for completion by the end of the year including participation from European sites.
Verici Dx plc (AIM: VRCI), a developer of advanced clinical diagnostics for organ transplant, announces that it has initiated its first European clinical validation trial site with Prof. Gaetano La Manna, Director of the Specialization School in Nephrology and the Dialysis and Transplant Unit, at the Sant’Orsola Polyclinic Hospital in Bologna, Italy.
The trial is a global, non-randomised, observational study for the clinical validation of Verici Dx’s lead products, ClaravaTM to predict risk of early acute rejection in the first six months post-transplant and TutevaTM for the diagnosis of acute cell-mediated rejection, and over the longer term, for the validation of the Company’s fibrosis test, now called Protega™.
Prof. Gaetano La Manna is the Director of the Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit at the IRCCS-Sant’Orsola Polyclinic Hospital; he is Director of the School of Specialization in Nephrology of the University of Bologna; Full Professor of Nephrology at the University of Bologna, as well as Deputy Coordinator and member of the Board of Professors of the Research Doctorate in Cardio-Nephro-Thoracic Sciences. Prof. La Manna holds a PhD in Nephrology and Post-Doctorate in Medical Sciences. He has extensive experience in both clinical and experimental nephrology, dialysis and kidney transplantation, and also in the medical management of kidney transplant and its complications. The Kidney Transplant Center of the University of Bologna, inside the IRCCS Sant’Orsola Polyclinic Hospital, is one of the most important in Europe for number, quality and complexity of transplants, with more than 3,000 to its credit, including donation after brainstem death (DBD), donation after circulatory death (DCD), marginal donor, double transplants, ABO incompatible, hyperimmunized patients, combined kidney-liver, kidney-heart transplants and other special programs.
Angela Rose, Senior Director of Clinical Trial Operations of Verici Dx, said:
“The team has worked incredibly hard on this project, from designing and developing the approach to implementing the trial. In our effort to expand our clinical development and validation beyond North America, we are pleased to be working with Prof. Gaetano La Manna, a highly respected and experienced primary investigator, to lead our trial in Bologna, Italy. The diversification of our patient sample is a strategically important initiative for Verici, as we seek to leverage our clinical expertise and demonstrate our commitment to the development of globally validated transplant diagnostics.”
Verici Dx announced the collaboration with three leading US centres for clinical validation trial of its lead products in March 2021 and has subsequently opened 2 more US centres. Enrolment is on target for completion of the Clarava™ and Tuteva™ validation study by the end of 2021. Data is expected to be published as soon as practicably possible in 2022.
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About Verici Dx plc
Verici Dx is developing and commercialising tests to understand how a patient will and is responding to organ transplant, with an initial focus on kidney transplants. The body’s own immune system poses a threat to a successful transplant or graft. Patients’ immune systems differ in how they respond to the presence of the transplanted organ, characterising this response is called immune phenotyping. Our products and solutions are underpinned by extensive scientific research into the recipient’s immune phenotype and how that impacts on acute rejection, chronic injury and ultimately failure of the transplant. These immuno-profile signatures also inform clinicians as to the optimal strategy for immunosuppressive and other therapies for the most successful treatment to ensure graft acceptance with the least amount of side effects.
The foundational research was driven by a deep understanding of cell-mediated immunity and is enabled by access to expertly curated collaborative studies in highly informative cohorts in kidney transplant.
The Board of Verici Dx plc (AIM: VRCI), is saddened to announce the death of Dr. Barbara Murphy, Non-Executive Director, who passed away on June 29, 2021. Dr. Murphy had continued to fully discharge her duties as a Director through a recent period of illness, however over the past few weeks her health deteriorated. Dr. Murphy joined the Board of Verici Dx in April 2020.
Sara Barrington, Chief Executive Officer of Verici Dx, said:
“Barbara was not only a treasured colleague but a good friend and will be acutely missed by all of us at Verici Dx. She was a highly valued member of the Board, clinician and researcher, providing our Board with insightful and considered counsel. She was passionate about the importance of providing innovative solutions to improve patient outcomes and was instrumental in providing the clinical expertise needed to put us firmly on the path towards commercial success. My colleagues and I extend our thoughts and deepest sympathy to her family.”
The Company is in advanced discussions to appoint an additional non-executive director with appropriate specialist skills in renal transplantation.
About Dr. Barbara Murphy
Dr. Murphy was the Murray M. Rosenberg Professor of Medicine, chair of the Department of Medicine for Mount Sinai and Dean for Clinical Integration and Population Health.
Dr. Murphy earned her M.B. B.A.O. B.Ch. from The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and went on to do an internship at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin. She completed a residency rotation at Beaumont Hospital followed by a fellowship in Clinical Nephrology also at Beaumont Hospital. Dr. Murphy completed her postdoctoral training with a fellowship in Nephrology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. As part of this she trained in transplant immunology at the Laboratory of Immunogenetics and Transplantation, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Among her many honours, Dr. Murphy was awarded the Young Investigator Award in Basic Science by the American Society of Transplantation in 2003. In 2005, Dr. Murphy was awarded the Irene and Dr. Arthur M. Fishberg Professor of Medicine at The Mount Sinai Hospital. Then, in 2011, she was named Nephrologist of the Year by the American Kidney Fund. She received the distinguished Jacobi Medallion in 2014. She also received an honorary degree from University College, Dublin, Ireland. In 2016, Dr. Murphy was honoured by The Annual Irish America Healthcare & Life Science 50.
Dr. Murphy belonged to a number of professional societies including the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Nephrology. Among her numerous achievements, she has held many leadership roles at a national level, including being a member of the board of the American Society of Transplantation, the executive committee of the American Transplant Congress, and chair of Education Committee of the American Society of Transplantation. In 2009 Dr. Murphy was the president of the American Society of Transplantation and in 2016 was elected to council for the American Society of Nephrology.
Her area of interest was transplant immunology, focusing on the use of high throughput genomic technologies as a means to understand the immune mechanisms that lead to graft injury and loss, with the aim of identifying gene expression profiles and or genetic variants that may be used to predict those at greatest risk.
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About Verici Dx plc
Verici Dx is developing and commercialising tests to understand how a patient will and is responding to organ transplant, with an initial focus on kidney transplants. The body’s own immune system poses a threat to a successful transplant or graft. Patients’ immune systems differ in how they respond to the presence of the transplanted organ, characterising this response is called immune phenotyping. Our products and solutions are underpinned by extensive scientific research into the recipient’s immune phenotype and how that impacts on acute rejection, chronic injury and ultimately failure of the transplant. These immuno-profile signatures also inform clinicians as to the optimal strategy for immunosuppressive and other therapies for the most successful treatment to ensure graft acceptance with the least amount of side effects.
The foundational research was driven by a deep understanding of cell-mediated immunity and is enabled by access to expertly curated collaborative studies in highly informative cohorts in kidney transplant.
Verici Dx plc (AIM: VRCI), a developer of advanced clinical diagnostics for organ transplant, announces that at today’s Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed.
The results of the AGM were as follows:
| In favour | Against | Withheld | |||||
| Resolution 1 | 38,868,563 | 99.51% | 192,200 | 0.49% | 0 | ||
| Resolution 2 | 38,868,563 | 99.51% | 192,200 | 0.49% | 0 | ||
| Resolution 3 | 38,868,563 | 99.51% | 192,200 | 0.49% | 0 | ||
| Resolution 4 | 38,868,563 | 99.51% | 192,200 | 0.49% | 0 | ||
| Resolution 5 | 38,868,563 | 99.51% | 192,200 | 0.49% | 0 | ||
| Resolution 6 | 38,668,563 | 99.51% | 192,200 | 0.49% | 200,000 | ||
| Resolution 7 | 38,668,563 | 99.51% | 192,200 | 0.49% | 200,000 | ||
| Resolution 8 | 38,668,563 | 99.51% | 192,200 | 0.49% | 200,000 | ||
| Resolution 9 | 38,668,563 | 99.51% | 192,200 | 0.49% | 200,000 | ||
| Resolution 10 | 38,668,563 | 99.51% | 192,200 | 0.49% | 200,000 |
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About Verici Dx plc
Verici Dx is developing and commercialising tests to understand how a patient will and is responding to organ transplant, with an initial focus on kidney transplants. The body’s own immune system poses a threat to a successful transplant or graft. Patients’ immune systems differ in how they respond to the presence of the transplanted organ, characterising this response is called immune phenotyping. Our products and solutions are underpinned by extensive scientific research into the recipient’s immune phenotype and how that impacts on acute rejection, chronic injury and ultimately failure of the transplant. These immuno-profile signatures also inform clinicians as to the optimal strategy for immunosuppressive and other therapies for the most successful treatment to ensure graft acceptance with the least amount of side effects.
The foundational research was driven by a deep understanding of cell-mediated immunity and is enabled by access to expertly curated collaborative studies in highly informative cohorts in kidney transplant.
Verici Dx plc (AIM: VRCI), a developer of advanced clinical diagnostics for organ transplant, announces a change in venue of its Annual General Meeting (‘AGM’), which will now take place at Harwood Capital, 6 Stratton Street, Mayfair, W1J 8LD on 19 May 2021 at 12.00pm.
As previously announced, the Company is providing a facility for shareholders to join the AGM either online or telephonically and there will be an opportunity for shareholders to ask questions. In order to facilitate the process, the Directors would request that shareholders register for the meeting and submit questions in advance, before 10.30 a.m. 17 May 2021.
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No other details have changed.
Shareholders are reminded that due to the UK Government restrictions on public gatherings as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, it will not be possible for shareholders to attend the AGM in person. The Board, with this in mind and in accordance with the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020, has therefore decided that the AGM will be held as a ‘closed’ meeting with the minimum number of Directors and officers who hold shares, present, to form the necessary quorum. Regrettably, other shareholders will not be permitted to attend the meeting in person.
Copies of the Annual Report and Accounts and Notice of AGM are available on the Company’s website here:
https://vericidx.com/investors/annual-reports/
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About Verici Dx plc
Verici Dx is developing and commercialising tests to understand how a patient will and is responding to organ transplant, with an initial focus on kidney transplants. The body’s own immune system poses a threat to a successful transplant or graft. Patients’ immune systems differ in how they respond to the presence of the transplanted organ, characterising this response is called immune phenotyping. Our products and solutions are underpinned by extensive scientific research into the recipient’s immune phenotype and how that impacts on acute rejection, chronic injury and ultimately failure of the transplant. These immuno-profile signatures also inform clinicians as to the optimal strategy for immunosuppressive and other therapies for the most successful treatment to ensure graft acceptance with the least amount of side effects.
The foundational research was driven by a deep understanding of cell-mediated immunity and is enabled by access to expertly curated collaborative studies in highly informative cohorts in kidney transplant.
About Mount Sinai Health System
The Mount Sinai Health System is New York City’s largest academic medical system, encompassing eight hospitals, a leading medical school, and a vast network of ambulatory practices throughout the greater New York region. Mount Sinai is a national and international source of unrivaled education, translational research and discovery, and collaborative clinical leadership ensuring that we deliver the highest quality care—from prevention to treatment of the most serious and complex human diseases. The Health System includes more than 7,200 physicians and features a robust and continually expanding network of multispecialty services, including more than 400 ambulatory practice locations throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, and Long Island. The Mount Sinai Hospital is ranked No. 14 on U.S. News & World Report’s “Honor Roll” of the Top 20 Best Hospitals in the country and the Icahn School of Medicine as one of the Top 20 Best Medical Schools in country. Mount Sinai Health System hospitals are consistently ranked regionally by specialty and our physicians in the top 1% of all physicians nationally by U.S. News & World Report.
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Verici Dx plc (AIM: VRCI), a developer of advanced clinical diagnostics for organ transplant, announces it has signed the lease for the premises intended to be the CLIA1-certified laboratory, situated at the Innovation Park2 in Franklin, Tennessee, US, which is within the Palmetto region for CMS Medicare governance. Palmetto GBA, LLC is one of the largest Medicare administration contractors in the US.
In January 2021, the Company appointed David Schultenover to accelerate the CLIA approval process to enable faster commercial launch of Verici Dx’s lead products, ClaravaTM and TutevaTM and setting up these premises is the first step in that accelerated pathway. The Company requires a CLIA-certified laboratory to be able to offer their diagnostic products to clinicians as a laboratory developed test (LDT) and approvals are expected by the end of the year. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulates laboratory testing in the US through the CLIA regime, which requires all clinical laboratories to be certified before they can accept human samples for diagnostic testing.
David Schultenover, VP Quality and Regulatory Affairs at Verici Dx, commented: “I joined the Company in January this year to help expedite the CLIA approval strategy and signing the lease to this space marks the first step towards achieving these CLIA approvals necessary for commercial launch of the Company’s leading products, ClaravaTM and TutevaTM. Innovation Park is an ideal location for the Company to establish operations and we are delighted with the quality of the premises which are well suited for our needs.”
- CLIA – Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
- Innovation Park is a 10 acre campus for growing start-ups or established companies. More information can be found here: http://www.theinnovationpark.com/#campus
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About Verici Dx plc
Verici Dx is developing and commercialising tests to understand how a patient will and is responding to organ transplant, with an initial focus on kidney transplants. The body’s own immune system poses a threat to a successful transplant or graft. Patients’ immune systems differ in how they respond to the presence of the transplanted organ, characterising this response is called immune phenotyping. Our products and solutions are underpinned by extensive scientific research into the recipient’s immune phenotype and how that impacts on acute rejection, chronic injury and ultimately failure of the transplant. These immuno-profile signatures also inform clinicians as to the optimal strategy for immunosuppressive and other therapies for the most successful treatment to ensure graft acceptance with the least amount of side effects.
The foundational research was driven by a deep understanding of cell-mediated immunity and is enabled by access to expertly curated collaborative studies in highly informative cohorts in kidney transplant.
Verici Dx plc (AIM: VRCI), a developer of advanced clinical diagnostics for organ transplant, announces it has entered into a Material Transfer Agreement (“MTA”) with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Principal Investigator Dr. Peter Heeger, to allow access to samples from the CTOT-19 (Clinical Trials in Organ Transplant1) trial in an effort to validate the performance and development of commercial tests designed to improve short and long-term graft and patient survival.
The Company has secured an agreement, providing access to de-identified samples generated from participants in the CTOT-19 study, titled: “Effects of Inhibiting at Early Inflammation in Kidney Transplant Patients.”2 This randomised controlled trial was initiated in November 2015 with the aim to enrol 300 kidney transplant recipients at 15 transplant centres in the US and Canada, with a primary completion date expected July 2021.
Access to samples from this important clinical trial, in addition to the Verici Dx clinical study already ongoing for the validation of Clarava™ and Tuteva™, provides the Company with a large and well-characterised sample group. The Company’s laboratory will conduct a blinded evaluation of samples in Clarava™ and Tuteva™ and work with investigators, including Dr. Peter Heeger, to characterise results following the data lock later this year. The Company will further support this important CTOT programme by providing full transcriptomic sequencing to the investigators to augment ongoing research in mechanistic studies.
Dr. Barbara Murphy, Chair of Science Advisory Board of Verici Dx, commented: “We are extremely pleased for the opportunity this MTA represents and to collaborate with Dr. Peter Heeger and CTOT. We look forward to the assessment of the clinical performance validation of both Clarava and Tuteva as laboratory developed tests and to furthering research endeavours in organ transplant.”
The test described is based on technology developed by Mount Sinai faculty and licensed to Verici Dx. Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai faculty who developed this technology, including Dr. Barbara Murphy, have a financial interest in Verici Dx.
References:
- CTOT Home (ctotstudies.org) CTOT is a cooperative research programme sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). CTOT is an investigative consortium for conducting clinical and associated mechanistic studies that will lead to improved outcomes for transplant recipients. The purpose of these studies is to improve short and long-term graft and patient survival.
- Effects of Inhibiting Early Inflammation in Kidney Transplant Patients – Full Text View – ClinicalTrials.gov
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Sara Barrington, CEO
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www.vericidx.com
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Tel: 020 7496 3000
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Mob: 07980 541 893 /
07748 651 727
About Verici Dx plc
Verici Dx is developing and commercialising tests to understand how a patient will and is responding to organ transplant, with an initial focus on kidney transplants. The body’s own immune system poses a threat to a successful transplant or graft. Patients’ immune systems differ in how they respond to the presence of the transplanted organ, characterising this response is called immune phenotyping. Our products and solutions are underpinned by extensive scientific research into the recipient’s immune phenotype and how that impacts on acute rejection, chronic injury and ultimately failure of the transplant. These immuno-profile signatures also inform clinicians as to the optimal strategy for immunosuppressive and other therapies for the most successful treatment to ensure graft acceptance with the least amount of side effects.
The foundational research was driven by a deep understanding of cell-mediated immunity and is enabled by access to expertly curated collaborative studies in highly informative cohorts in kidney transplant.
About Mount Sinai Health System
The Mount Sinai Health System is New York City’s largest academic medical system, encompassing eight hospitals, a leading medical school, and a vast network of ambulatory practices throughout the greater New York region. Mount Sinai is a national and international source of unrivaled education, translational research and discovery, and collaborative clinical leadership ensuring that we deliver the highest quality care—from prevention to treatment of the most serious and complex human diseases. The Health System includes more than 7,200 physicians and features a robust and continually expanding network of multispecialty services, including more than 400 ambulatory practice locations throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, and Long Island. The Mount Sinai Hospital is ranked No. 14 on U.S. News & World Report’s “Honor Roll” of the Top 20 Best Hospitals in the country and the Icahn School of Medicine as one of the Top 20 Best Medical Schools in country. Mount Sinai Health System hospitals are consistently ranked regionally by specialty and our physicians in the top 1% of all physicians nationally by U.S. News & World Report.
For more information, visit https://www.mountsinai.org or find Mount Sinai on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.