August 8, 2024 by Radboud University Senior author Lilly Verhagen, pediatric infectious disease specialist and immunologist at Radboudumc. Credit: RadboudumcA saliva test can more accurately indicate the severity of recurrent respiratory infections in children than the standard blood test. If saliva contains too few broadly protective antibodies, a child is more likely to suffer from...
by Dan Baumgardt, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Of all the body’s amazing abilities, perhaps one of the strangest is its capacity to make stones. Many will have heard of kidney or gallstones, and be aware of the problems they can cause. But there are other, rarer types of stone in the body that...
Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA RESEARCHERS WHO CARRIED OUT THE STUDY Mª PILAR CARRERA, MANUEL RICH AND VANESA CANTÓN, CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF CORDOBA A team from the UCO’s Nursing Department has determined the presence of two pain biomarkers and their levels in saliva as a tool to diagnose pain,effectively and non-invasively, in people with dementia...
OCTOBER 11TH, 2023 CONN HASTINGS DIAGNOSTICS, MATERIALS, MEDICINE Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a technique to make saliva collection for diagnostic purposes a little less disgusting and a little more fun and pleasant. Saliva collection often acts as a less invasive alternative than throat swabs in the detection of a variety of pathogens, such as that...
by Tel Aviv University Credit: CC0 Public Domain A scientific development from the Tel Aviv and Haifa Universities may facilitate speedy, objective and accurate diagnosis of people suffering from PTSD using saliva samples. As part of the study, the researchers characterized the psychological, social and medical conditions of about 200 participants, while at the same time...
By Sally Robertson, B.Sc. Aug 5, 2021 Researchers in the United States and Canada have conducted a study showing that the vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) generate local antibody responses in the salivary gland that are independent of the systemic immune response. The team found that just one...
by University of Birmingham Credit: CC0 Public Domain A University of Birmingham-led study of top-flight UK rugby players—carried out in collaboration with the Rugby Football Union (RFU), Premiership Rugby, and Marker Diagnostics—has identified a method of accurately diagnosing concussion using saliva, paving the way for the first non-invasive clinical test for concussion for use in sport...
The first study looking at the effect of chlorhexidine mouthwash on the entire oral microbiome has found its use significantly increases the abundance of lactate-producing bacteria that lower saliva pH, and may increase the risk of tooth damage. A team led by Dr. Raul Bescos from the University of Plymouth’s Faculty of Health gave a...
