New Saliva Test May Be Able To Detect Cancer In Just 10 Minutes

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Scientists hope the new test, which seeks out fragments of tumor RNA in saliva, could be available in the next four years. Henrik Dolle/Shutterstock

Scientists from the University of California at Los Angeles claim to have developed a new technique for detecting cancer in a single drop of a person’s saliva. Though the method is still being trialed in China, the team behind the new test hopes to see it rolled out in Europe before the decade is up, and says it could take as little as 10 minutes to give a result.