A painless new method for detecting diabetes, utilizing saliva has been developed by a research team, including an Indian-origin boffin.
While searching for biomarkers that may indicate diabetes, doctors examined the saliva of 40 different patients.
Diabetes Type 1, Type 2 - Causes Symptoms Diagnosis and Treatment FAQs
A comprehensive article on diabetes - both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, including : causes, signs, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, facts and a glossary on diabetes.
A comprehensive article on diabetes - both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, including : causes, signs, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, facts and a glossary on diabetes.
The spit test could be performed for little cost in a doctor's office or at a patient's home.
"Our goal was to characterize proteins in human saliva that may indicate prediabetes and type-2. Analysis of these proteins allowed us to develop a new method for screening, detecting and monitoring the diabetic state," said Srinivasa R. Nagalla, MD a member of the research team.
Potential Preventative Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes
Scientists believe they may have found a preventative therapy for Type 1 diabetes, by making the body's killer immune cells tolerate the insulin-producing cells they would normally
Scientists believe they may have found a preventative therapy for Type 1 diabetes, by making the body's killer immune cells tolerate the insulin-producing cells they would normally
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Killer on the Loose in the Gulf -- Diabetes
More and more Arabs living in the wealthy Gulf states are suffering lifestyle diseases, especially obesity and diabetes.
More and more Arabs living in the wealthy Gulf states are suffering lifestyle diseases, especially obesity and diabetes.
