The Baylor Immune Evaluation laboratory provides a variety of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics testing to support solid organ and stem cell transplantation clients in addition to clinical trial expertise for studies involving HLA typing, anti-HLA antibody detection or chimerism. Clinical and basic science related to disease associations linked to HLA molecules, Our lab uses state of the art flow cytometry, sequencing, and luminex equipment with automation to increase scalability while maintaining precision.
Credentials
- Certified under CLIA, by the Health Care Financing Administration (certificate number 45D2029380)
- Accredited by College of American Pathologists CAP Number: 8013687
- Approved for membership as an independent laboratory by the United Network for Organ Sharing (approved 2011)
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Current Projects and Research
- High Resolution HLA typing for Disease Association, Vaccine Development, and Population frequency genetics.
- HLA epitope matching correlation with Solid Organ Transplant Outcomes in Racially Diverse Houston Population.
- Clinical trials measuring the levels of Anti-HLA antibody in various post transplant model systems.
- Chimerism testing in solid organ transplantation.
- Chimerism testing for Fetal microchimerism as part of Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT).