A Step Toward a Saliva Test for Cancer

In a recent discovery, which was announced during the 242nd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), scientist said that there may be away to test the amount of potential carcinogens in the DNA of someones saliva. This could lead to the knowledge of the probability of someone getting cancer of any other disease. It can also show progress of a cancer treatment or to inform high risk patients on how they can prevent themselves from getting a disease. They found this because a DNA adduct begins to form once a cancer causing mutation is found in a DNA. The new test measures the levels of five Key DNA adducts and this can lead to the test that will tell the probability of someone having cancer or other serious diseases. 


This is a type of discovery science because they found that the DNA might be able to help discover these new techniques to find cancer. This can help humans find diseases and also might help cure them faster and save more lives.


Journal: Science Daily
Author: Unspecified
Date: August 31, 2011