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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A discovery by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar could lead to a quick, non-invasive screening test for diabetes, allowing sufferers who don't know they have the disease to access treatment quicker.
Right now, health care providers test for diabetes using either blood or urine analyses. But a finding by investigators at WCMC-Q and Hamad Medical Corporation suggests that the disease may be able to be detected in saliva, potentially pointing the way to a test that could be administered in unconventional settings, such as in schools or dentists' offices.
http://weill.cornell.edu/news/news/2014/01/discovery-points-way-to-saliva-test-for-diabetes.html
Right now, health care providers test for diabetes using either blood or urine analyses. But a finding by investigators at WCMC-Q and Hamad Medical Corporation suggests that the disease may be able to be detected in saliva, potentially pointing the way to a test that could be administered in unconventional settings, such as in schools or dentists' offices.
http://weill.cornell.edu/news/news/2014/01/discovery-points-way-to-saliva-test-for-diabetes.html