A Simple Saliva Test could Soon Detect Tumours and Other Diseases
M3 Global Newsdesk Jul 21, 2024
This article discusses the potential of saliva diagnostics for the non-invasive detection of systemic diseases and lung cancer, highlighting ongoing research and the benefits of using saliva as a diagnostic tool.
Key takeaways
- Saliva diagnostics is a growing area of research.
- Researchers say that a simple saliva test could soon be used to detect systemic diseases in a non-invasive way.
- Lung cancer malignancies can be detected early in saliva and treated promptly.
Imagine a world in which a simple saliva swab could save lives. Researchers say that in the not-too-distant future, this could be a reality. Researchers say that saliva diagnostics may soon be used in the detection of systemic diseases and cancer.[1]
“In this current era of precision medicine and personalised medicine, the ability to utilise these bodily constituents—the omics constituents, so to speak, that [are] circulating in our body fluid—and harness this information for health surveillance for disease detection, it's here in front of us,” David T.W. Wong, Director of the UCLA Center for Oral/Head & Neck Oncology Research (COOR) tells MDLinx.
