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Lateral Flow Test for Gingivitis

Medagadget

The technology could make it easier and faster to identify early-stage gingivitis, which can lead to periodontitis and eventual tooth loss, as well as contributing to a variety of other diseases such as stroke and heart disease. The assay detects a bacterial endotoxin released into the saliva by P.

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Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Taming the SRU

As the name would suggest, inflammatory markers are biological markers of, well, inflammation. Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care tests in acute community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections. They are used clinically to detect pathological inflammation or measure response to treatment [1-2]. 2015;110(6):802-819.