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Salivary Cortisol and sAA reactivity to TSST differs in Cannabis users and non-users
…year and had a negative THC test. During a laboratory visit, participants completed the standard Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) and provided saliva samples before, and 5, 20, and 40…
Insights on “Optimizing” Sample Size in Salivary Bioscience Research
…sufficient sample size (N, the number of participants) to analyze subgroup differences and test compelling secondary or tertiary research questions. Our experience suggests that it would be helpful to investigators…
Salivary Cotinine Suggests Infants from Low-Income Families have a Higher Smoke Exposure Risk
…have examined biomarkers of exposure (cotinine) in children under age 4 years. This study examines the magnitude and chronicity of exposure across early childhood among children from low-income families in…
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Young Children From Low-income Non-urban Families May Have an Increased Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
…studies have examined biomarkers of exposure (cotinine) in children under age 4 years. This study examines the magnitude and chronicity of exposure across early childhood among children from low-income families…
Saliva-Based Hormone Monitoring for IVF: New Data Presents High Patient Serum-Saliva Correlations for Estradiol
…professionals from 6 independent IVF clinics in the USA and Europe evaluated 652 pairs of serum-matched saliva samples for the hormones oestradiol and progesterone. Results from this blind validation study…
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Salivary Cortisol and Alpha-Amylase Connection in Mother-Infant Interactions
Ecologically salient stressors and supports and the coordination of cortisol and salivary alpha-amylase in mothers and infants. Author: Hibel LC, et al. (2018), Physiology and Behavior. ABSTRACT: This study examines…
Conversation with Thomas McDade and Doug Granger
…almost exclusively with serum or plasma, and commercial DBS testing focuses primarily on newborn screening and a handful of consumer tests. It has been a challenge for the research community…
Saliva Collection from Infants and Small Children for Research Studies
…200-300 µL per device. This led to researchers utilizing multiple sorbettes at the same time, and even then still failing to obtain enough sample to complete testing. An additional negative…
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With over 7 million SNP assays available for genotyping individuals in your study, Salimetrics SalivaLab’s DNA Analysis service provides easy, accurate, and affordable genomic testing, relevant to your research and…
Salivary Cortisol
Cortisol (hydrocortisone, Compound F) is the major glucocorticosteroid hormone produced in the adrenal cortex. Cortisol is actively involved in the regulation of calcium absorption, blood pressure maintenance, anti-inflammatory function, gluconeogenesis,…
Salivary SARS-CoV-2 (N) IgG
There is an urgent need to better understand COVID-19 antibody levels and duration of protective immunity for public health considerations. Coronavirus antibody testing in saliva has shown utility as a…
Salivary DHEA-S
…and androgenic compounds. This process allows androgens and estrogens to be delivered to the appropriate tissues without leakage of significant amounts into the circulation. (5,6) DHEA-S is also synthesized directly…
Salivary Estrone
Estrone (3-hydroxy-1,3,5(10)-estratrien-17-one; E1) is one of the three main estrogenic steroid hormones produced in humans. Circulating estrone levels are relatively high at birth in both males and females, decrease postnatally,…