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Salimetrics Certified Saliva Testing Labs
The Salimetrics Center of Excellence (COE) Lab Certification Program Is your lab a High Quality Salivary Bioscience Lab? The primary goal of the Salimetrics Center of Excellence (COE) program is to…
Analyzing Salivary Analyte Results
…in many ways. Large studies generally require advanced statistical modeling to elucidate complex theoretical relationships. Using the most suitable statistical approach will provide the most useful insight in formulating conclusions….
How Do I Collect Saliva?
…and subsequent interpretation. An upfront understanding of best practices for timing of saliva collection, compatibility of collection method for the analytes to be tested, appropriate sample handling post collection, and…
Salivary Transferrin/Blood Contamination ELISA Kit
Salimetrics Assay #1-1302 The Salimetrics Transferrin (Blood Contamination) Kit is a competitive immunoassay designed and validated for the quantitative measurement of blood contamination of saliva samples. It is intended for…
Statistical Approaches to Reduce Bias in Left-censored Salivary Data
…data statistical approaches (i.e., Maximum Likelihood Estimation, Regression on Ordered Statistics, Kaplan-Meier, and general Tobit regression) are available, these methods are rarely implemented in biobehavioral studies that examine salivary biomeasures,…
Salivary Interleukin-13
Human interleukin-13 (IL-13) is secreted by a variety of immune cells as a 15.8 kDa, glycosylated monomeric cytokine involved in a number of biological processes. It stimulates B-cell proliferation, macrophage…
Insights on “Optimizing” Sample Size in Salivary Bioscience Research
…Since the studies included in this summary have each passed through the peer review process, we argue these figures have internal and external validity and can be used to complement…
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor – BDNF
…called Val66Met or G196A, is one of the most commonly studied SNPs along the BDNF genomic loci, and is prevalent in over 19% of Europeans and up to 44% of…
Salivary Secretory Immunoglobulin A (SIgA) Associations with Social Network Structures
…remained elusive. We integrate salivary bioscience methods with advanced social network modeling to explore the association between salivary secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA), a key component of mucosal immunity, and social…
SalivaBio’s Saliva Collection Aid Receives Patent Approval
…Saliva Collection Aid represents one step forward in improving passive drool (whole saliva) collection. From its contamination-free packaging, retention-free polypropylene design, to its easy, 4-step instructions and vented design that…
Salivary Cytokine Levels in Response to Psycho-Social Stress
…modulating distinct aspects of social and emotional behavior. The aim of this study was to investigate the reliability of plasma and saliva as investigative tools for measure some inflammatory marker…
Saliva Collection Methods & Devices
BETTER COMPLIANCE, BETTER RESULTS. READ THIS: Rigor and Reproducibility: How Good Are Your Saliva Samples? Saliva Collection methods from SalivaBio are engineered to increase participant compliance and maximize sample integrity….
How to Collect the Best Saliva Samples for Saliva Testing
…increases compliance and delivers an ideal sample for testing. The Saliva Collection Aid (SCA), exclusively available through Salimetrics, is a medical device used to facilitate the collection of Passive Drool…
SBB – Salivary Biomarkers of Inflammation
Drop Date: April 2011
In This Drop: Validation of High-Sensitivity CRP Assay in Human Saliva
SBB – First Issue
Drop Date: November 2008
In This Drop: Welcome to the first issue of the Spit Report