Researchers Chart Gentler Strategy for Treating Early Childhood Caries
The combination of a carb-heavy diet and poor oral hygiene can leave children with early childhood caries (ECC), a severe form of dental.
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Researchers Uncover How Fungus Takes Hold in the Oral Cavity
By studying a rare disease known as APECED, researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) said they have uncovered.
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$3 Million Grant to Continue Research into Oral Thrush
Oropharyngeal candidiasis, or oral thrush, continues to be a clinically significant problem for patients with weakened immune systems.
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Microorganism Signals Combat Candida Albicans Infections
Candida albicans forms biofilms and causes mild to life-threatening infections. But fluconazole, an antifungal drug widely used to treat these infections, is completely.
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Nine Oral Fungi Species May Improve Dental Health
Researchers at the Clemson University College of Science have strongly associated nine species of fungus of the 139 they identified that live in human.
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Researchers Uncover Mechanism Behind Defense Against C Albicans
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) proteins present on human epithelial cells, which line mucosal surfaces, are central to initiating immune protection against Candida.
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C Albicans Grows on Trees as Well as in Your Mouth
Most people host the common yeast Candida albicans at some point in their lives, with about 40% to 60% carrying it in their.
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Researchers Identify Mechanics Behind Oral Thrush Infections
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.
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Blocking Yeast-Bacteria Interaction May Prevent Early Childhood Caries
Candida albicans, a type of yeast, takes advantage of an enzyme produced by Streptococcus mutans to form a particularly intractable biofilm that can.
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Antimicrobial Protein Combats Oral Thrush
An antimicrobial protein caused a dramatic reduction in the creamy white lesions associated with oral thrush in a preclinical study at McGovern Medical.
