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Lura Health is developing a next-generation wearable health sensor that uses saliva instead of blood for continuous health monitoring. The company aims to leverage the diagnostic power of saliva, a multi-billion dollar industry, for continuous monitoring rather than one-time tests.

Salivary diagnostics is a multibillion dollar industry and is already the gold standard for measuring a variety of conditions. Saliva is referred to as the “new blood” of health diagnostics, due to broad biomarker overlap with blood and non-invasive collection. However, current saliva sampling involves one-time, out-of-body testing, only showing a “snapshot” of health. Lura Health’s biosensor is worn in the mouth and automatically monitors health on an ongoing basis, providing the full “movie” of health.

The sensor is a tiny chip that can be embedded into dental products like retainers, aligners, and dentures. It measures health biomarkers and transmits data to a smartphone via Bluetooth and shares it with doctors. The technology has the potential to improve clinical outcomes in chronic disease management and medication efficacy.