Doctors don’t regularly come across undiscovered bits of human anatomy, but a team of physicians recently reported a never-before-described set of salivary glands in patients’ necks. The first hint of ...

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 ...

The incidence of benign tumor of any major salivary gland and that of the parotid salivary gland was higher in the CUD group than in the non-CUD group (0.08 vs 0.02% and 0.05 vs 0.01%, respectively).

[2] Establishment of human minor salivary gland organoids in laminin-GelMA hydrogel from healthy individuals and Sjögren’s disease patients. Chemical Engineering Journal (2025).

Everything you need to know - from March 29 ... Humans have the potential to become venomous due the genetic similarities between our saliva glands and a snake's venom glands, say scientists.

Explore how rare epithelial cells like tuft cells regulate inflammation, regeneration, and circadian rhythms in salivary glands using state-of-the-art molecular and imaging techniques. Our lab ...

This is the case, for example, for the top-down detection of β-thymosins in human saliva, which are not easily detectable by 2DE or other platforms (Figure 4).