In the Middle Ages, a grim adage sometimes turned up in European folklore and children’s stories: Woe to that child which when kissed on the forehead tastes salty. He is bewitched and soon must die. A ...

The team’s sensor is capable of measuring and reporting the chloride ion levels of a subject's sweat in real time with high precision and efficiency. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sweat does more than just ...

An elevated chloride concentration in an infant’s sweat is indicative of the genetic, progressive disease cystic fibrosis. Many current diagnostics work by detecting levels of chloride in sweat, ...

A Northwestern Engineering-led research team has developed a novel skin-mounted sticker that absorbs sweat and then changes color to provide an accurate, easy-to-read diagnosis of cystic fibrosis ...

Genetic testing plays an important role in cystic fibrosis screening and diagnosis. It can help determine if a person has cystic fibrosis or carries gene mutations that cause it. Other tests can also ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sweat chloride values ranging from 30 mEq/L to 59 mEq/L were observed in “a surprisingly high proportion of ...

Patients suspected of having cystic fibrosis are initially diagnosed by genetic testing. The final confirmation of the diagnosis, however, requires quantitative analysis of chloride levels in sweat by ...

Sweat does more than just cool down an overheating body. Measuring the chemical makeup of an individual’s sweat — specifically the levels of chloride, a chemical component of salt — can serve as an ...