Preventative Measures Pave the Way to Tackling Gum Disease.
The unexpected findings could pave the way for developing preventative measures in tackling gum by manipulating the normal bacteria in the same way that probiotic yogurt protects the intestine. Researchers at Queen Mary’s Blizard Institute, including Medical Research Council Clinical Research Training Fellow Mark Payne, worked with scientists in the US; they published their findings in the journal Cell Host and Microbe.