Fungi and bacteria can activate genes associated with head and neck tumors, according to an in vitro study at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in
Dr. Yuan Liu, a research associate in the Department of Preventive & Restorative Sciences at Penn Dental Medicine, has been recognized as a 2021 recipient
The University of Minnesota School of Dentistry has received a pair of grants from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to research and
Researchers at the Clemson University College of Science have strongly associated nine species of fungus of the 139 they identified that live in human dental plaque
As individual oral bacteria multiply and grow into a dense and sticky biofilm, such as the community that forms dental plaque, their growth patterns and
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering are using electrochemical therapy (ECT) to enhance the ability of antibiotics to eradicate microbes that
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) proteins present on human epithelial cells, which line mucosal surfaces, are central to initiating immune protection against Candida albicans, report
When fungal infections become resistant to medicine, starving them may be an option, according to researchers at the University at Buffalo (UB) and Temple University.
Most people host the common yeast Candida albicans at some point in their lives, with about 40% to 60% carrying it in their mouth or
An international team co-led by researchers at King’s College London and the University of Pittsburgh has identified the mechanism by which the immune system first
Candida albicans, a type of yeast, takes advantage of an enzyme produced by Streptococcus mutans to form a particularly intractable biofilm that can lead to
An antimicrobial protein caused a dramatic reduction in the creamy white lesions associated with oral thrush in a preclinical study at McGovern Medical School, University
