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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. Re:How is this test administered? by RuBLed · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sorry, but you can't get pregnant.

    Now return that Arnold Schwarzenegger film, it's fiction.

  2. spit research by macshit · · Score: 0, Troll

    It was a discovery they said on Tuesday that could usher in a wave of convenient, spit-based diagnostic tests

    Oh, sure, that's what they told the funding bodies, but let's be honest: they did this research simply so they could publish papers with titles like "A Comprehensive Analysis of Spit."

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