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

Learn how antiviral chewing gum made from lablab beans may help reduce virus transmission with exciting clinical trials ahead ...

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Dental Medicine, in collaboration with a Finnish team, have ...

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

Chewing gum has a fascinating and storied history. Here is everything you need to know about how chewing gum became what it ...

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 ...

There's no strict definition of synthetic gum base. Chewing gum brand, Wrigley Extra partners with dental professionals around the world to promote the use of sugar-free chewing gum to improve ...

You may have another culprit to consider: It’s gum, according to a new pilot study that found chewing just one piece can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into saliva. The study is ...

A mouthful of chewing gum might also be a mouthful of microplastics, according to the results of a small pilot study. The research, presented at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society, ...

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 ...

Chewing gum is commonly used worldwide to freshen breath, promote oral health, and deliver medications. However, it contains plant-based or synthetic plastic polymers to enhance texture and flavor ...

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 ...