Epitope Inc. of Beaverton, Ore., has developed a saliva test that can detect one of the AIDS viruses while Saliva Diagnostic Systems Inc. of New York has a test for Helicobacter pylori, the bacteria found in the stomach that causes gastritis and ulcers. The test can determine whether an expectant mother will go into labor ahead of her due date or later. Some medical researchers say saliva-based tests have their limits, however, because the concentration of material being measured is significantly smaller than what can be found in circulating blood. That limitation, however, is not stopping the oral fluid diagnostic companies looking to develop a wide range of saliva-based diagnostic tests to detect infectious disesase. It is also planning a saliva-based pregnancy test, an influenza exam and what Phildius calls ''the holy grail of all tests,'' an oral diabetes detection test.
Job applicants to undergo new saliva-based exam.
Buy stock in drug testing companies and watch your portfolio soar. Should be enough to finance trips to Amsterdam and other friendly places. So now I see people losing their homes and lives reather than a little memory. Get real people and start voteing for whats right. I have no respect for these testing people or their pathetic message at all.