Device to analyze spit to diagnose risk of heart disease

Australian scientists have developed a device that assesses biomarkers in spit which indicate heart attack.  “[T]he gadget has a main stick-like body that houses the electronics, along with a removable head containing nano-sensors – the user applies a saliva sample to the latter. As is the case with many other modern devices, the whole thing communicates with an app on the user’s smartphone. The sensor head measures six different biomarkers known medically to be early indicators of poor heart health. . . .”       MORE

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