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Salivary Diagnostics Using Purified Nucleic Acids

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Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1537))

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Saliva is an easily accessible fluid that has led to increasing interest in the development of salivary diagnostics. This chapter describes some of the newer tools and procedures for collection, stabilization, and storage of oral fluid matrices that aid in the successful use of saliva as a test specimen. This chapter focuses particularly on nucleic acid components for downstream molecular diagnostic (MDx) testing, since this is probably the area where saliva is likely to have the greatest impact in improving healthcare for the general population.

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The author would like to acknowledge the support of Dr David T Wong (UCLA) for his support and encouragement in preparing this manuscript.

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  1. University of Otago Fac. Dentistry, Dunedin, New Zealand

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    Mary P. Cullinan

  3. Sir John Walsh Research Institute, University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry, Dunedin, New Zealand

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Slowey, P.D. (2017). Salivary Diagnostics Using Purified Nucleic Acids. In: Seymour, G., Cullinan, M., Heng, N. (eds) Oral Biology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1537. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6685-1_1

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