Researchers turn to saliva to diagnose disease.

It’s an often unconsidered gateway to the human body that can reveal whether you’re tired, stressed or drunk; how much testosterone, nicotine or caffeine you’ve ingested; or if you’ve been infected with HIV, measles or hepatitis. And now, thanks to recent technological advances, scientists are looking to expand the diagnostic range of that most humble of bodily fluids: spit.

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Researchers turn to saliva to diagnose disease.

It’s an often unconsidered gateway to the human body that can reveal whether you’re tired, stressed or drunk; how much testosterone, nicotine or caffeine you’ve ingested; or if you’ve been infected with HIV, measles or hepatitis. And now, thanks to recent technological advances, scientists are looking to expand the diagnostic range of that most humble of bodily fluids: spit.

Read the story here.