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Bacteria that cause tooth decay able to survive without important biochemical pathway

...r Jeannine Brady, Ph.D., an associate professor of oral biology at the UF College of Dentistry. "As far as...n Hasona, Ph.D., a research assistant professor of oral biology and the study's lead author. The bacteria altered to lack SRP components were able to adapt...

Have a taste for fat? Yes! A sensor in the mouth promotes preference for fatty foods

...ify the first candidate for lipid detection in the oral cavity. The authors combine genetic, morphologi...hanges in gastrointenstinal secretions mediated by oral delivery of lipids. These findings unveil one potential pathway mediating fat taste. The data sugg...

Human trial proves ricin vaccine safe, induces neutralizing antibodies; further tests planned

...g whether the vaccine protects against aerosol and oral administrations in mice. "In a recent series of experiments, we have shown that the vaccine protects mice against lethal doses of ricin administered orally just as well as it protects them against injected ricin," she said. "We are also setting up a...

Canine cancer vaccine program shows early promise

...te conventional treatment, 75 percent of dogs with oral melanoma will die within one year. But about 40 percent of dogs with a melanoma tumor present responded to a vaccine created from actual melanoma tumor cells. In about 12.5 percent of the treated dogs, the tumor completely disappeared. While the cu...

Male rivalry increases when females at most fertile, say researchers

...e in this way if their female partner does not use oral contraception ?and is therefore more fertile. Ima...mation on whether or not their female partner used oral contraception and the date of her current or previous menses. Male participants whose partners did ...

New vaccine for condition that kills 500,000 children a year

... Medical School investigator demonstrated that the oral vaccine Rotateq virtually eliminated the most severe cases of rotavirus, a common childhood virus that sometimes becomes deadly. "This is good news for children everywhere," said principal investigator David O. Matson, M.D., professor of pediatrics ...

First link of oral bacteria and preterm birth found in human

...ed through the mouth in pregnant mothers where the oral bacteria enter the blood through bleeding gums. H...y continues Han's research into the suspicion that oral bacteria, once entering the blood, can cause a host of health problems including preterm labor. She...

Prenatal nicotine exposure reduces breathing response of newborns...

...ed through the mouth in pregnant mothers where the oral bacteria enter the blood through bleeding gums. H...y continues Han's research into the suspicion that oral bacteria, once entering the blood, can cause a host of health problems including preterm labor. She...

Tetracycline plus teeth equal gray smile

...e period, the patient maintained a meticulous home oral hygiene care and took potassium nitrate, which als...icians who will present the latest developments in oral health and technology at the AGD's 54th Annual Meeting & Exposition, August 2 ?6, 2006 in Denver...

One-third of adults with diabetes still don't know they have it

...mg/dL) 2 hours after drinking a sugary drink in an oral glucose tolerance test but not high enough to be d...rs did not assess the prevalence of IGT because an oral glucose tolerance test was not a part of the survey. People with pre-diabetes can often prevent o...

Montreal researchers identify defects of immune cells

...phocytes primarily determine the susceptibility to oral candidiasis in transgenic mice expressing HIV-1 an...ction of cytokines required for protection against oral candidiasis in the transgenic mice. "These findings regarding the specific immune defects which tri...

U of M researchers discover genetic key to treating deadly fungal infections

...ss. In otherwise healthy people, it can cause mild oral and vaginal infections (candiasis or thrush) that are easily treated. But in people whose immune systems are suppressed (by AIDS, chemotherapy, or drugs for surgery or organ transplantation) it can produce deadly, systemic infections, causing death i...

Novel therapy combinations gain ground in treating hepatitis

...erapies to produce better patient outcomes. A new oral peptidomimetic protease inhibitor, VX-950, has previously shown substantial anti-viral effects in combination with the frequently used hepatitis therapy pegylated interferon (pegIFN). In this study, researchers evaluated the safety and antiviral res...

Quitting smoking improves lung function considerably

... of high-dose anti-inflammatory treatment, such as oral prednisolone, 40 mg daily for 2 weeks, which had no effect on lung function in smokers in our current study and in our previous work," he continued. "The improvement could be due to the removal of the acute bronchoconstrictor effects of cigarette smo...

Natural vitamin E tocotrienol reaches blood at protective levels

...evious studies, the scientists found that moderate oral doses of TCT before a stroke significantly reduced stroke injury in hypertensive rats. In the more recent study published in the Journal of Neurochemistry, researchers observed the effects of TCT on neurological damage that can be caused in two di...

Ecosystem services and invasive species

...ir findings during her presentation in contributed oral session 25: Urban Ecology I. Freshwater mussels in the Hatchie River in west TennesseeTuesday August 8, 2006, 5 ?6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall, Cook Convention Center The Hatchie River runs 220 miles through western Tennessee. David Kesler, Naomi Van To...

Report focuses on the role good microbes play in future medicine

...ble bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease, oral diseases like tooth decay and periodontal disease, and various other infections, including vaginal infections and possibly skin infections. Probiotics could also conceivably be put to use in preventing disease or thwarting autoimmune disorders. A n...

Study identifies substances in grapefruit juice that interact dangerously with some drugs

...be poorly or erratically absorbed to improve their oral delivery." ...

'Smart' genetic therapy helps the body to heal itself

...n slices. "We then treated 8 X-ALD patients with oral valproate over 6 months", said Professor Pujol. "We collected samples before treatment, and at 3 and 6 months, and on analysing the amount of ALDR in their white blood cells, we found that half of them showed increased levels." The scientists now ...

Herbal medicine silymarin may help sugar-control in people with type II diabetes

... All of the patients continued to use conventional oral hypoglycaemic treatment during the trial. Patients were examined at monthly intervals. Compared with the beginning of the trial, the treatment group had a significant reduction in fasting blood glucose levels (p "The results are very encouraging,...

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