News tagged with salivary gland

Researchers confirm new cancer-causing virus

An important new study from the Laboratory for Developmental Genetics at USC has confirmed cytomegalovirus (CMV) as a cause of the most common salivary gland cancers. CMV joins a group of fewer than 10 identified oncoviruses ...

Cancer Nov 15, 2011 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Dengue virus turns on mosquito genes that make them hungrier

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have, for the first time, shown that infection with dengue virus turns on mosquito genes that makes them hungrier and better feeders, and ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mar 29, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

First gene therapy study in human salivary gland shows promise

Gene therapy can be performed safely in the human salivary gland, according to scientists at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of the National Institutes of Health.

Cancer Nov 05, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Stem cell sparing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer may avoid salivary gland damage

Barcelona, Spain: Researchers believe they may have found a way to avoid damaging salivary glands during radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancer – a discovery that could improve the quality of life of 500,000 ...

Cancer May 09, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Saliva gland test for Parkinson's shows promise

Described as a "big step forward" for research and treatment of Parkinson's disease, new research from Mayo Clinic in Arizona and Banner Sun Health Research Institute suggests that testing a portion of a person's saliva gland ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders Jan 10, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1