Biting insects use a range of tools when sucking blood from hosts to maximize their chances of a good meal. Only female mosquitos feed on blood, which provides a high level of nutrients for egg production. The saliva of biting ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 13, 2019
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The pungent compound 6-gingerol, a constituent of ginger, stimulates an enzyme in saliva that breaks down foul-smelling substances. It thus ensures fresh breath and a better aftertaste. Citric acid, on the other hand, increases ...
Other
Jul 31, 2018
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Many Americans consume too much salt. Now in a study appearing in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, scientists report that people who can easily taste salt have differing amounts of certain proteins in their ...
Other
Nov 1, 2017
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Researchers at King's College London have discovered a new method of forensic analysis which could more accurately predict the age of criminal suspects based on samples of blood and saliva found at crime scenes.
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 21, 2017
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Prof. Shulamit Michaeli, Dean of Bar-Ilan's Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, and member of the Bar-Ilan Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA), has demonstrated how parasite migration ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 9, 2017
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A new test which can diagnose asthma from a patient's saliva has been developed by Loughborough University.
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 16, 2016
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University of Oxford and Monash University scientists have discovered how proteins present in tick saliva prevent the immune system from running amok.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 29, 2016
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A researcher team from Purdue University, Indiana have developed a smartphone device and an app that together quantitatively analyzes and store the results of strip-based saliva alcohol tests—which is helpful, since the ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 27, 2015
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Wearable E-skin that can measure heart rate and blood pressure, and paper diagnostic machines the size of a credit card that can give instant readings on blood and saliva samples are two new bio-sensing technologies presented ...
Engineering
May 12, 2015
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Over nearly 15 years spent studying ticks, Indiana University's Keith Clay has found southern Indiana to be an oasis free from Lyme disease, the condition most associated with these arachnids that are the second most common ...
Ecology
May 11, 2015
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