Patent ID: 9103834
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for determining the presence or absence of a drug side effect in a subject taking the drug comprising, (a) detecting a level of each of a plurality of organ-specific proteins in a test blood sample from the subject, wherein the plurality of organ-specific proteins are secreted from the same organ, wherein the organ-specific proteins comprises at least 5 organ-specific proteins; (b) comparing said level of each of the plurality of organ-specific proteins in the test blood sample from the subject to a level of each of the plurality of organ-specific proteins in a control sample of blood from one or more subjects who have not taken the drug; wherein a statistically significant altered level of one or more of the plurality of organ-specific proteins in the test blood sample as compared to the control sample is indicative of the presence or absence of a drug side effect.