Looking beyond jabs, sprays or tablets, scientists are thinking outside the box for delivering antiviral medication to ...

According to a pilot study presented during the American Chemical Society’s spring meeting, a single piece of chewing gum is liable to release hundreds of polymer particles into our mouths.

Gum chewing independently arose across different cultures and regions at different times, says Jennifer Mathews, an ...

Chewing gum made from beans has been shown to reduce the viral load of some strains of herpes and influenza, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.

Low vaccination rates for influenza viruses and the lack of an HSV vaccine underscore the need for a new approach to reduce viral transmission. Researchers have now used a clinical-grade antiviral ...

If you enjoy a refreshing stick of gum now and then, you may be biting off more than you should chew. A recent pilot study found that chewing gum – even those labeled "natural" – can release ...

Now, chewing gum could be added to the list. In a pilot study, researchers found that chewing gum can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics per piece into saliva and potentially be ingested.

researchers at the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and collaborators in Finland, have done just that. They demonstrated that 40 milligrams of a two-gram bean gum tablet ...