An interview with Professor Douglas Granger, Director Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research (IISBR) Arizona State University
Spit conjures a variety of sayings and images for most people, but for Granger and colleagues spit is also serious business. “The use of oral fluid as a research and diagnostic specimen has tremendous potential,” says Granger, who is the director of ASU’s new Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research and Foundation Professor in the Department of Psychology in ASU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
In a recent study, Granger and scientists with the University of Oregon tracked the release of nerve growth factor in saliva (sNGF), finding for the first time that this protein typically linked to the survival, development or function of neurons may be an important player in understanding the body’s response to stress. To read the full article from Arizona State University click this LINKProfessor Douglas Granger is Founder & Chief Scientific and Strategy Advisor, Salimetrics LLC. Foundation Professor of Psychology and Director Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research (IISBR) Arizona State University Professor (adjunct) Nursing, Public Health, and Medicine Johns Hopkins University
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