Maternal Lead Exposure Linked To High Numbers Of Cavities
...transfer frommother to offspring, and that reduced saliva flow has beenimplicated as a likely mechanism of decay in lead-inducedcavities. "Lead is not something that most dentists think of when theytalk about the causes of cavities, but they should," says Watson.Poor hygiene, lack of dental care, and p...DT104 Advice:How To Slow Salmonella Spread
...d can spread predominantly through feces, although saliva frominfected calves, as well as contaminated food and water may contribute todisease spread. Of all the salmonella strains known to infect humans, DT104 isregarded as one of the most likely to cause severe illness. DT104 is resistant to several co...Plants Thrive With Insect-Induced Immune Responses
... said Agrawal. "It is suspected,however, that the saliva from the caterpillar is important in triggering theinduced defense. Furthermore, a much smaller area of plant tissue was actuallydamaged by clipping off the leaf than was by the caterpillars eating the leafbit by bit." Agrawal and Karban are hopeful......beprepared directly from a clinical sample such as saliva or dental plaque. "Up toa half of the microorganisms present in the oral cavity can't be grown and weknow nothing about them," says Paster. But the two researchers are poised tochange that. Using the information they have collected from 16S s...MSU Scientists Eavesdrop On Bacterial
...cellsfloating freely through the bloodstream or in saliva or in a creek. But most bacteria don't live this planktonic lifestyle. Most live stuckon surfaces in clusters held together by a sticky, gelatinous matrix. Thesecommunities are called biofilms. If you've ever slipped on a rock in a stream,...USDA Researchers Prepare A New Trap For The Potato Beetle
...that have been chewedby caterpillars and carry the saliva of the larvae. Building on workpreviously conducted at the USDA, in which researchers identified andsynthesized the chemicals in the saliva, ARS scientists are developing asynthetic attractant custom-tailored to lure the potato beetle. A nonpro...Champagne Gets Its Fizz From Tiny Acid Burns
...ydrase takes carbon dioxidegas, which dissolves in saliva then percolates through fatty tissue in thetongue, and converts it into carbonic acid." Supporting evidence comes from a separate study in which volunteersdrank carbonated drinks in a hyperbaric chamber, where the high pressure stoppedbubbles...Powerful Anti-AIDS Agent Found In Tears And In Urine Of Pregnant Women
...dentified an ordinary protein present in tears and saliva as the long-soughtmystery substance in the urine of pregnant women that is a powerful anti-HIVagent. The new finding helps explain why AIDS cannot be transmitted throughsaliva, and opens the way to an entirely new class of anti-AIDS medicines,accordi...Researcher Awarded Patent For System To Fight Multiple Diseases
...occurs in such secretions asbreast milk, tears and saliva and other areas where bacteria and viruses canenter the body. Curtiss's system invokes IgA immunity as a first line ofdefense against infection. At the time of patent application filing, there wasalmost no information about mucosal immunity in stan...Montana Hantavirus Study Looks At Why The Mouse Goes Into The House
...n catch the virus from deer mice urine, droppings, saliva or nestingmaterials. Ten Montanans have had the disease since it was first discovered in1993. Three have died. Most people see deer mice in the field or as road kill, but "you're notgoing to get the virus driving down the road," Douglass sai...Where the wild ones are: origins of staple crop found
...by spitting into batches of the ground tubers; the saliva introduces bacteria and fungi, which activate an enzyme that breaks down the cyanide. Villagers accomplish the same thing by depositing freshly dug cassava tubers into a community pond; microorganisms in the water degrade the cyanide. It is specula......ally acquire Streptococcus mutans via contaminated saliva from their mother or primary caregiver," Hillman said. "The child would simply visit their dentist for a squirt of solution on their teeth. The approach also is designed for use in older children and adults." Hillman's effector strain shows promi...Exposures to second-hand smoke lower than believed, ORNL study finds
...udy, Jenkins said. Test subjects also submitted to saliva tests that would reveal cotinine, a constituent of tobacco smoke. Smokers were excluded from the study. Cities used for the study were Baltimore; Boise, Idaho; Buffalo; Columbus, Ohio; Daytona Beach, Fla.; Fresno, Calif.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Indiana...Tucson researcher receives national award
...hat discovered a new class of heme proteins in the saliva of the blood-sucking insect. In a display of clever evolution, the kissing bug injects a heme protein called nitrophorin as it bites. Once in the victim's tissue, nitrophorin's iron center releases nitric oxide. Like nitroglycerin, a drug used to rel...Can heavy alcohol use lead to some kinds of cancer?
...genase-2 (ALDH2) gene. Acetaldehyde is produced in saliva while drinking alcohol. ALDH2-deficient individual.... Most people produce approximately 1.5 liters of saliva per day. Usually taken for granted until it's compromised, saliva is a clear, alkaline, semi-viscou...Study sheds new light on Lyme disease transmission
...reviously known. During the tick's blood meal, its saliva transmits the bacteria to the host. In terms of Lyme disease immunization, this is important because any truly effective vaccine must prime the immune system to mount an antibody attack against foreign antigens-the invader's outer surface proteins. ......y structured around the collection and analysis of saliva samples. PNNLs non-invasive saliva monitoring approach, currently undergoing bench-scale laboratory testing, offers several new promisi...Component of fly saliva makes promising Leishmaniasis vaccine
... parasitic infection have discovered a dose of fly saliva might be just what the doctor ordered. Leishmania...ine they developed against a component of sand fly saliva prevents leishmaniasis in mice. Leishmaniasis, a major health problem in many tropical and desert cl...Dentists abuzz over cavity-prevention potential of honeybee product
... bacteria latch onto. Even the nearly one liter of saliva that our body sends washing over our teeth every day isnt enough to neutralize plaque. Koo and Bowen found that one of the substances they isolated is the best inhibitor of GTFs that scientists have ever seen. The substance is especially effective a......cs is the ability to analyze a raw blood, urine or saliva sample, diagnose the illness and prescribe the appropriate treatment at the physicians office for pennies per test," said Chuck Witkowski, chief executive officer and president of QGENICS. "Such a device would save doctors and patients valuable time ...