People are horrified to learn about gleeking, a disgusting human function which enables people to spit saliva in a certain ...

Background: The aim of this prospective study is to investigate the long-term effects of chemotherapy on the oral health of children with a primary focus on salivary gland function. Methods ...

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 ...

This tracer is effectively concentrated and secreted by salivary gland tissue, thus affording the opportunity to study gland function in real-time. Once radiation damage to the gland has occurred ...

However, when the researchers genetically depleted interferon gamma from the mice's T cells, it improved salivary gland function. Could a drug do the same? To test this idea, the researchers ...