Treating gum disease by bringing needed immune cells to inflamed tissue
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
The red, swollen and painful gums and bone destruction of periodontal disease could be treated by beckoning the right kind of immune system cells to the inflamed tissues, according to a new animal study. Their findings offer a new therapeutic paradigm for a condition that afflicts 78 million people in the US alone.