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Salimetrics’ Core Lab Expands Access to Dried Blood Spot Testing for Researchers
…accessible, best-in-class shared resource to enable members of a broad research community to do their best science.” To learn more about dried blood spot testing with Salimetrics, visit salimetrics.com/dried-blood-spots or…
SBB – Special Issue: Periodontal Disease
Drop Date: November 2009
In This Drop: Saliva as a diagnostic tool for periodontal disease
New Recommendations for Repeatability in Salivary Bioscience Data
…seven commonly assayed salivary measures in biobehavioral research – cortisol, alpha-amylase, c-reactive protein, interlekin-6, uric acid, secretory immunoglobulin A, and testosterone. We assess the sensitivity of rICC estimates to assay…
Salimetrics’ New Salivary Infectious Disease Research Tools: Total Immunoglobulin M (IgM) ELISA Kit
…assays. Saliva collection has been validated with SalivaBio’s oral fluid/saliva collection protocols and follows the same convenient and reproducible methods that SalivaBio has provided the scientific community for years. Salimetrics…
Salivary Cotinine Assay Determines Association between Second Hand Smoke and Caregiver Stress in Children
…high rates of second hand smoke (SHS) exposure. The objective was to examine whether SHS exposure is associated with symptom frequency in children with poorly controlled asthma. METHODS: Children were…
New Participant-Centric Saliva Collection Management System for Salivary Bioscience from Salimetrics Now in Development
…supplies available through Salimetrics, OnTimePoint™ manages the research workflow from receipt of collection supplies by the researcher, to when samples are tested by the Salimetrics’ SalivaLab, to the receipt of…
Childhood maltreatment affects cortisol and alpha-amylase stress reactivity
…not well understood. METHOD: This study examined salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase responses to the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) in 26 maltreated (15 with current MDD) and 26 non-maltreated (17…
Sex hormone variations in both sexes may be important when investigating stress physiology
…In summary, our results reveal that adjusting for sex hormones alters “sex-specific” reactive and diurnal cortisol profiles. View Abstract Keywords: Cortisol, estradiol, progesterone, sex differences, testosterone, trier social stress test…
Salimetrics Expands Salivary Cytokine Testing Service for Fast, Easy Salivary Biomarker Analysis
…can now benefit from the latest offering in industry-leading salivary research tools with expanded Salivary Cytokine Testing from the Salimetrics SalivaLab. Today, the Salimetrics’ core four cytokine panel has been…
Salimetrics Launches Salivary Oxytocin Testing Service
(July 17, 2018) Salimetrics launches validated and optimized salivary oxytocin assay for researchers sending samples for testing to the Salimetrics SalivaLab. Today, Salimetrics’ strong bond with the salivary bioscience community…
Salivary Interleukin-6 as a potential non-invasive biomarker for Huntington’s Disease progression
…HD patients as compared to premanifest patients and controls. The levels of salivary IL-6 were significantly correlated with each of the other salivary markers, as well as with IL-6 levels…
Salivary cortisol, prematurity and developmental implications
…reveal that at age 23 years, infants born premature with neurological complications showed higher cortisol reactivity to social evaluative threat compared to either full- term, small for gestation age, medically…
Salivary Stress Biomarkers as Tools for Determining Stress Adaptability and Resilience
…psychometric tests, saliva biomarkers, and computerized cognitive tests that used the Cambridge Neuropsychological Automated Test Battery. Participants were categorized based on initial biomarker measurements as being at low-, moderate-, or…
SBB – Is Your DLMO Keeping You Up At Night?
Drop Date: June 2015
In This Drop: Know your DLMO: Sleep disorder diagnosis and beyond
Dried Blood Spots FAQs
…long term storage (over 6 months) if you want to keep samples together or storage temperatures consistent. DBS samples remain highly stable when stored in the freezer. Research from Dr….