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" A few drops of saliva may soon be all that&amp;#039;s required to make an early diagnosis of a heart attack, it has been claimed. A nano-bio-chip the size of a credit card has been developed by a team led by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin which has the potential to assess the risk of heart attack in as little as 15 minutes simply through the analysis of saliva. Explaining the relevance of the nano-bio-chip, principal investigator and designer John T McDevitt said: &amp;quot;Many heart attack victims, especially women, experience nonspecific symptoms and secure medical help too late after permanent damage to the cardiac tissue has occurred. &amp;quot;Our tests promise to dramatically improve the accuracy and speed of cardiac diagnosis.&amp;quot; The test, which can be carried out on board an ambulance, can expose whether a patient is currently having a heart attack or if they are at high risk of having a heart attack in the future. This is possible through the detection of blood serum proteins which indicators of cardiac disease in saliva. &amp;quot;These are truly exciting findings, since use of these tests could lead to more rapid diagnosis and faster entry of patients into treatment scenarios that can save lives,&amp;quot; commented Dr Craig S Miller a team member from the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry. \u00A9 Adfero Ltd "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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