The findings may have implications for radiotherapy, a cancer treatment that can cause damage to salivary glands and leave lasting complications. Doctors don’t regularly come across undiscovered bits ...

PSMA also lights up saliva glands, but unexpectedly, other areas in the human head started to shine. This led to the ...

A widely publicized paper has drawn scrutiny from physicians and anatomists about the authors’ claims regarding so-called tubarial glands. “I don’t think the paper should be retracted, it should just ...

The major salivary glands produce approximately one quart of saliva each day, which in turn plays a crucial role in food digestion, swallowing, speech, and protection of teeth against bacteria and ...

MSK’s salivary gland tumor experts, including surgeon Bhuvanesh Singh (center), are among the most experienced in the nation. For many people with salivary gland tumors, surgery performed by an expert ...

Human saliva can be regarded as the exemplar bodily fluid for proteomics studies. Proteomics studies have demonstrated the high inter- and intra-variability of human saliva. Many studies of ...

Biological scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have uncovered how the dengue virus uses its envelope ...

Radiation therapy for salivary gland tumors involves sending high-energy particles (usually photons or protons) through the skin toward the tumor. When the particles reach the tumor, they can destroy ...

The parasite spends the first stage of its life cycle in the salivary glands of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. When an infected mosquito bites a human, the malaria parasite enters the red blood ...

Humans have an exceptional ability to deal with viruses. In most cases, your immune system is able to fight an infection. On ...