What your saliva tells you about your heart health

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Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Early detection can prevent heart failure and other complications, but screening is currently time consuming. EU-funded researchers are looking to change this with a cost-effective tool capable of detecting a patient’s risk of heart failure from their saliva.

Date:

03/10/2016 - 18:53

The COSMOS project focuses on biomarkers – measurable indicators used by scientists to identify a specific biological condition. This is an increasingly influential line of research for heart disease, and specific biomarkers have been found to play a key role in regulating cardiac structure and function. Others could signal the progression of a disease.

COSMOS

Project:

Optical point of care system for heart failure mass screening

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