IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is an immune response disease affecting the filtering units of the kidneys. It is an intractable ...

One of the main benefits is that it helps the production of collagen. We must think that, over the years, it is a protein ...

A dentist explained to Newsweek that eating cheese neutralizes acids, protects enamel and reduces harmful bacteria.

Numerous species of oral bacteria have been identified by scientists, but there are still many unanswered questions about how ...

Schematic illustration showing the 'tug-of-war' competition between expansion force and microbial adhesive force. The separation of individual bacterial cells from each other reflects the ...

A concerning increase in global rates of severe invasive infections becoming resistant to key antibiotics has a team of infectious disease researchers at the Houston Methodist Research Institute ...

Closely related to group A streptococcus (also commonly known as Streptococcus pyogenes), which has been very well studied, little is known about SDSE. "Given its great emerging importance to ...

Gahnberg et al.; 1983 Oral S. mutans specific IgA; Recovery of S. mutans Cole et al.; 1984 Oral Antibody response; Recovery of S. mutans Gregory et al.; 1987 Oral S. mutans specific IgA ...

Another bacterium, Streptococcus mutans, can also become abundant in people who smoke heavily. This organism is often present in healthy conditions but when the environment is disrupted, it can ...