Dr. David Wong of UCLA to Present Saliva Liquid Biopsy Research Findings with Collection Advantages at ASHG 2022
PRESS RELEASE
Leslie Titus Bryant
October 25, 2022
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—Spectrum Solutions, LLC today announced David T.W. Wong, D.M.D., D.M.SC. of the UCLA School of Dentistry will present at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting 2022 on Friday, Oct. 28 at 1:00 p.m. in the CoLab Theater. This presentation will highlight the new era of saliva as a non-invasive biospecimen for CLIA-validated liquid biopsies in non-small cell lung cancer. Working from bench to bedside, the clinical utility of salivary liquid biopsies provides opportunities for both ongoing surveillance and continued monitoring following treatment.
Previous research by UCLA researchers demonstrated the detection of actionable EGFR mutations in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients using saliva delivering a 96% and 100% sensitivity/concordance with serum. Published in The BIO Journal, Dr. Wong’s research demonstrates the ability to detect circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) within saliva using the Electric Field–Induced Release and Measurement (EFRIM) electrostatic platform and goes a step further highlighting the superior ability and benefits of stabilized and preserved saliva using Spectrum’s SDNA-1000 saliva collection kit compared to raw saliva. Study findings illustrate and credit Spectrum’s patented stability and preservation technology for dramatically increasing sensitivity and delivering a significant 14-fold boost in signal detection for all three EGFR mutations (p<0.0001) associated with NSCLC. Additional benefits of Spectrum’s saliva collection system included improving assay reproducibility and decreasing sample variability among study participants.
Dr. Wong is a Distinguished Professor in the Division of Oral and Systemic Health Sciences, Director of the UCLA Center for Oral/Head and Neck Research, and an active scientist in oral cancer and saliva diagnostics research. He has authored over 315 peer-reviewed scientific publications and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS), a past member of the ADA Council of Scientific Affairs, past president of the American Association of Dental Research (AADR), chair of the NCI Liquid Biopsy Consortium, chair of the NIH Cancer Biomarker Study Section, and a member of the scientific advisory board for Spectrum Solutions.
In addition, Spectrum will be introducing its new saliva-based multi-omic collection platform with the first preservation buffer purpose-built to stabilize and preserve both salivary proteins and genomic material post-collection for multiple days at room temperature. For more information on this or Dr. Wong’s presentation stop by booth number 2123.
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Dr. David Wong of UCLA to Present Saliva Liquid Biopsy Research Findings with Collection Advantages at ASHG 2022
PRESS RELEASE
Leslie Titus Bryant
October 25, 2022
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—Spectrum Solutions, LLC today announced David T.W. Wong, D.M.D., D.M.SC. of the UCLA School of Dentistry will present at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting 2022 on Friday, Oct. 28 at 1:00 p.m. in the CoLab Theater. This presentation will highlight the new era of saliva as a non-invasive biospecimen for CLIA-validated liquid biopsies in non-small cell lung cancer. Working from bench to bedside, the clinical utility of salivary liquid biopsies provides opportunities for both ongoing surveillance and continued monitoring following treatment.
Previous research by UCLA researchers demonstrated the detection of actionable EGFR mutations in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients using saliva delivering a 96% and 100% sensitivity/concordance with serum. Published in The BIO Journal, Dr. Wong’s research demonstrates the ability to detect circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) within saliva using the Electric Field–Induced Release and Measurement (EFRIM) electrostatic platform and goes a step further highlighting the superior ability and benefits of stabilized and preserved saliva using Spectrum’s SDNA-1000 saliva collection kit compared to raw saliva. Study findings illustrate and credit Spectrum’s patented stability and preservation technology for dramatically increasing sensitivity and delivering a significant 14-fold boost in signal detection for all three EGFR mutations (p<0.0001) associated with NSCLC. Additional benefits of Spectrum’s saliva collection system included improving assay reproducibility and decreasing sample variability among study participants.
Dr. Wong is a Distinguished Professor in the Division of Oral and Systemic Health Sciences, Director of the UCLA Center for Oral/Head and Neck Research, and an active scientist in oral cancer and saliva diagnostics research. He has authored over 315 peer-reviewed scientific publications and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS), a past member of the ADA Council of Scientific Affairs, past president of the American Association of Dental Research (AADR), chair of the NCI Liquid Biopsy Consortium, chair of the NIH Cancer Biomarker Study Section, and a member of the scientific advisory board for Spectrum Solutions.
In addition, Spectrum will be introducing its new saliva-based multi-omic collection platform with the first preservation buffer purpose-built to stabilize and preserve both salivary proteins and genomic material post-collection for multiple days at room temperature. For more information on this or Dr. Wong’s
Click here to view this release on the Business Wire.
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Health is a dynamic state of well-being. Healthcare providers and researchers have long believed that changes in our saliva record our ongoing state-of-health story. Interestingly, saliva acts as a wide resource of genomic information useful for identifying and monitoring in real-time a disease as well as its state of progression. Saliva analysis looks at the cellular level, the biologically active compounds, making it a true representative of what is clinically relevant.
Spectrum’s technically-superior saliva collection systems have not only been engineered to lead the saliva collection industry in molecular diagnostics and clinical research applications but deliver the safest, most robust biomaterial for the earliest detection and diagnosis of disease and infection.
Noninvasive
Saliva Diagnostics
This changes everything
Health is a dynamic state of well-being. Healthcare providers and researchers have long believed that changes in our saliva record our ongoing state-of-health story. Interestingly, saliva acts as a wide resource of genomic information useful for identifying and monitoring in real-time a disease as well as its state of progression. Saliva analysis looks at the cellular level, the biologically active compounds, making it a true representative of what is clinically relevant.
Spectrum’s technically-superior saliva collection systems have not only been engineered to lead the saliva collection industry in molecular diagnostics and clinical research applications but deliver the safest, most robust biomaterial for the earliest detection and diagnosis of disease and infection.
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Bringing Baseball Back!
How you collect saliva makes a big
diagnostic difference
Increase workplace safety and build team confidence with simple and safe repeat testing programs supporting 100% accurate early detection and easy direct-to-user at-home options. Just ask the MLB, real-world, mass testing scenarios require an authorized, proven, and supported system that mitigates any risk of exposure. See how our saliva collection system is credited for “bringing baseball back” and making Salt Lake “the league’s most important city”.
™/© 2020 MLB
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Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Spectrum Solutions® is a clinical science innovation leader and a specialized laboratory test ideation and commercialization partner. Our patented, noninvasive, and multi-omic specimen collection and preservation capabilities are setting new standards of modernized care for patients, providers, and laboratories in the testing, managing, and treatment of disease.
We believe when you bridge the gap between science and real direct-to-patient medical solutions you deliver innovation with the practical power to impact and change outcomes. Learn more Spectrum Medical Science SM, Spectrum Compounding Pharmacy TM, and Spectrum Clinical Manufacturing SM.
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Why Spectrum?
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Spectrum Solutions® is a clinical science innovation leader and a specialized laboratory test ideation and commercialization partner. Our patented, noninvasive, and multi-omic specimen collection and preservation capabilities are setting new standards of modernized care for patients, providers, and laboratories in the testing, managing, and treatment of disease.
We believe when you bridge the gap between science and real direct-to-patient medical solutions you deliver innovation with the practical power to impact and change outcomes. Learn more Spectrum Medical Science SM, Spectrum Compounding Pharmacy TM, and Spectrum Clinical Manufacturing SM.
Spectrum Corporate Spokesman
Leslie Titus Bryant
Head of Marketing & Brand
admin@spectrumsolution.com
Media Contact
Tim Rush, Springboard5
801-208-1100
tim.rush@springboard5.com
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