Mucus

Sniffles, snorts and blows of runny noses are the hallmarks of cold and flu season -- and that increase in mucus is exactly what bacteria use to mount a coordinated attack on the immune system, according to a new study from researchers at…

A The belief that milk might increase mucus production has been around for centuries, but it seems to be more myth than fact.…

A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and BC Children's Hospital shows the sugar sialic acid, which makes up part of the protective intestinal mucus layer, fuels disease-causing bacteria in the gut. The…

Last Updated: December 21, 2022, 12:36 ISTThe immune system can suffer during the winter months. (Image: Shutterstock)There are several habits and tried-and-true treatments you may adopt to safeguard yourself against contracting winter…

Collaborative research between SMU nanorobotics authority MinJun Kim's Biological Actuation, Sensing, and Transport (BAST) Lab and international research and engineering company ARA has demonstrated for the first time that certain chemical…

RoboCap, as the name suggests, has a robotic cap that protects the medicine from the mucus barrier in the small intestine and helps it pass into the cells.— MIT Experts are always researching drug delivery, trying to find better ways…

Researchers at the University of Toronto, Johns Hopkins University and Vanderbilt University have discovered that certain cells move surprisingly faster in thicker fluid -- think honey as opposed to water, or mucus as opposed to blood --…

Candida albicans is a yeast that often lives in the human digestive tract and mouth, as well as urinary and reproductive organs. Usually, it doesn't cause disease in its host, but under certain conditions, it can switch to a harmful form.…

A multicenter research team co-led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center developed the first drug to treat the uncontrolled secretion of mucins in the airways, which causes potentially life-threatening symptoms in millions of…

Early in the pandemic, many people fastidiously disinfected surfaces because laboratory studies predicted that SARS-CoV-2 could be easily transmitted in this way. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have found a possible…