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Immune System and Teeth – How NF-kB Activation Affects Bone Loss in Periodontitis
Picture credit: Biorender Teeth serve many functions in our daily lives; eating, talking, and communicating emotions through smiling. This dental practice advertisement sums up their aesthetic importance in our lives perfectly: Without a doubt, maintaining oral hygiene is as important (if not more) as bodily hygiene. Diseases of the gums can not only take away…
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Is Chlamydia killing you from the inside out?
When you think of Chlamydia you usually think of the human sexually transmitted disease. Well, other types of Chlamydia can infect humans and animals, which are not sexually transmitted. Chlamydia psittaci is one such bug that mainly infects poultry where it causes respiratory and digestive tract infections. In other animals, like cattle and sheep, it…
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Featured article: Treating Fibrosis may not just be a DREAM anymore!
Created using BioRender.com Autoimmune diseases cover a wide range of disorders that involve a dysregulated immune system that wreaks havoc within our bodies. Systemic sclerosis (SSc), one of the rarer autoimmune diseases, starts with excessive collagen production (fibrosis) on the skin but soon spreads to other internal organs like the kidneys, lungs, and heart. The excessive…
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Searching Salmonella infections for a cancer cure
Picture source: Science News The cure for cancer has been used as a talking point for decades. Even the current US president, Joe Biden, promised to cure cancer during his campaign. We certainly don’t need to convince anyone that studying anticancer therapies is an important research topic. According to the CDC, in the United States…