Jun 28, 2010

A Novel Technology for Detecting Cancers by Saliva Testing Was Developed by the
Researchers at the Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University

An epoch-making technology that enables accurate detection of cancers by saliva analyses was developed by research team led by Masahiro Sugimoto(Assistant Professor) at the Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University (Tsuruoka,Yamagata, Japan. Director General: Masaru Tomita). This was a result of a collaborative study with David T. Wong at the School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles.

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This news was reported on the following websites.

• Newses Japan "Development of cancer is highly accurate saliva tests Keio University"

• AFP "New saliva test 'can detect various cancers'"

• AOL Health. "New Saliva Test Appears to Predict Certain Cancers"

• Toronto SUN.com "Saliva test can detect some cancers"

• TopNews United Kingdom "Saliva Test for Detecting Pancreatic, Breast and Oral Cancer"

• Asahi.com "Saliva test for cancer called breakthrough"

• Mainichi Daily News "Researchers develop high-precision cancer tests using patients' saliva"