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Researchers Create a Protein Map of Human Spit

Posted by samzenpus on from the doctor-saliva dept.

Ant writes "United States researchers have identified all 1,116 unique proteins found in human saliva glands. It was a discovery they said on Tuesday that could usher in a wave of convenient, spit-based diagnostic tests that could be done without the need for a single drop of blood. As many as 20 percent of the proteins found in saliva are also found in blood, said Fred Hagen, a researcher at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York who worked on the study."

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  1. GNAA penis birds needed! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What I want to know is: Where is GNAA?

    I've been visiting site after site, IRC network after network and I hear nothing from them anymore?

    The joy is drained out of my life! I NEED GNAA!

  2. where is the "spit" tag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    time to start a new meme.

  3. No blood?! No needles?! by bersl2 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    DO WANT DO WANT DO WANT DO WANT DO WANT DO WANT DO WANT!!!

    (Yes, I know this is lame, filter. I don't care. It's true.)

    (I'm really serious: that is what I said. Now let me say it.)

  4. Re: why can't people use the subject field correct by Mathinker · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    -ly?

    It's a bit short for my tastes. I often end up having to invest a lot of effort to squeeze down to the character limit.

    Of course, your observation is correct for the post you commented on --- however, the poster might have split the subject text between the subject field and the comment for humorous effect, eh?

    Apologies if you were going for the Funny, also; my "whoosh" detection isn't all that great...

  5. Re:Hmm. by Psychotria · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I wonder if the moderators know what "redundant" actually means. Furthermore, redundancy is actually a *good* thing. We build redundancy into systems all the time to ensure that our message (signal, transfer, whatever) reaches the target as intended. Checksums are a form of redundancy as well. Backups are redundant data. None of these things are bad.

  6. Re: why can't people use the subject field correct by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    It is an annoyance for me, yes. I don't think that the humor works at all, when the joke is split. Usually I have already read the punchline, and then after a WTF-moment, I try to figure out what the half-sentence meant.

    It is called "Subject", and not "Setup" or "first half of the joke", after all.

    PS, with a name like mathinker, I have to ask.. who's Mom are you thinking about?

    OK, that was going for the Funny.

  7. Re:Hmm. by Psychotria · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh I see. We need to leave out the "are" just after "proteins", ending up with a sentence that makes sense. Cool.

  8. gnifffffff by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    9hh9h99h9hUIHHO yh88hh88hh8h8 lnljln 5d5d5d5d5dd5 FCCFRTFC flsflhhophopho;fdsa PO NEGAte neGAte negATE d7ga5rqrfvcCRFRC ..,.,.,.,, ,fd, feds fggT^GGTGTG fsaaaaaaq

  9. Re:Hmm. by Wavebreak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Redundancy in a system and redundancy in discussion are two entirely different things. Perhaps it's you who should check what the word means.

    --
    Nobody expects the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal.