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Detecting Breast Cancer in Saliva

High sensitivity saliva-based biosensor in detection of breast cancer biomarkers- HER2 and CA15-3
“In this study [from chemical engineers at the [MORE]

Saliva Test for Adrenal Insufficiency

Saliva test found to provide quicker adrenal insufficiency diagnosis
“The test, developed by scientists at the University of Sheffield, works by [MORE]

Inflammatory Protein Linked to Severe Asthma

LJI researchers find missing piece of the asthma puzzle
“An inflammatory molecule called LIGHT, appears to be the cause of life-threatening [MORE]

The Human Salivary Proteome Wiki

diagram shows the interconnectedness of the thousands of salivary proteins
“A new digital platform, developed by researchers at the University at [MORE]

Sensor Collects Biomarkers from Tears and Saliva

Sensor Collects Biomarkers from Tears and Saliva
“This review focuses on miniaturized micro/nanodevices for assessment and treatment in stomatology and ophthalmology. [MORE]

Spit Analysis for Heart Attack Risk

Device to analyze spit to diagnose risk of heart disease
Australian scientists have developed a device that assesses biomarkers in spit [MORE]

Hydration Monitoring with Saliva

MX3 hydration measurement system
An Austin, TX company, MX3 Diagnostics, is now testing its handheld digital meter for hydration levels based [MORE]

Sensor Measures Glucose in Saliva

Diabetes Sensor
Detecting glucose is saliva is difficult because the concentration levels are far less than that in blood.  However, researchers [MORE]

Saliva Test for Diabetes

Iranian scientists in Tehran have developed and tested a glucometer that takes its reading from saliva.  It’s detection limit [MORE]

Salivary Diagnostics

The SPIT Report
Besides “blood. . .tears and sweat,” urine and spit contain useful diagnostic markers, and “The Spit Report” [MORE]

Spit Test for Type 2 Diabetes

Srinivasa Nagulia, MD,  president and CEO of Diabetomics LLC (Beaverton, OR) has developed a proteomic test, based on 65 markers [MORE]