FDA OKs blood test for heart transplant rejection

August 27th, 2008 By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Government regulators on Wednesday cleared the way for broader use of a blood test that can spare heart transplant patients the ordeal of repeated biopsies to check if their bodies are rejecting the new organ.

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