The Spit Test That Can Predict How Long You Will Live

A saliva test could predict how long we have got left to live.

Researchers found that levels of a particular antibody falls the nearer a person gets to death.

To reach their conclusion, took samples from 639 adults in 1995 and tracked them over 19 years.

They found that the levels of secretory immunoglobin A (IgA) fell the nearer the person got to death.

Antibodies are used by the body to fight infection and are secreted by white blood cells. (Read more from “The Spit Test That Can Predict How Long You Will Live” HERE)

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