BioinformaticsLatest from BioinformaticsPeriodonticsStudy reveals genetic link between gum disease, type 2 diabetesBy Ava BarrosGenetics may be a key player in the development of type 2 diabetes related to periodontitis, highlighting potential targets for new treatments, reports research recently published in BMC Oral Health.June 10, 2024Media & PressScience and Medicine Group Launches Exciting Enhancements to DrBicuspid.comMarch 30, 2023Oral CancerDo your patients know the risk of hookah smoking?By Melissa BuschChronic smoking of shisha or tobacco extracts from a water pipe or hookah increases cell proliferation, invasion, and migration, all of which are traits of cancer cells, according to a study published on December 28 in the Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine.January 13, 2021PathologyStudy identifies head and neck cancer biomarkerBy DrBicuspid.com staff writersHigh death rates among head and neck cancer patients usually occur only when mutations in the tumor suppressor gene coincide with missing parts of genetic material on the cancer genome's third chromosome. But a new study in Nature Genetics has found that the mutated gene may be caused by other genetic abnormalities.August 6, 2014Oral Bacteria$4M granted to study oral health of postmenopausal womenBy Rob GoszkowskiA National Institutes of Health grant will fund a study investigating a critical gap in knowledge of the composition and role of the oral microbiome in postmenopausal women. It will build on existing data from a study conducted from 1997 to 2001 and recall the participants.June 12, 2014Oral CancerAgilent, Univ. of Queensland partner on oral cancer researchBy DrBicuspid.com staff writersAgilent Technologies will collaborate with the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research in Brisbane, Australia, on oral cancer research.November 20, 2013
