Dr Vandermolen advises: “While saliva may sound like a good alternative to commerical lubricant in a pinch, it’s actually ...

Enzymes in our saliva can wreak havoc on the textures of starch-thickened foods in a matter of minutes. My daughter eats oatmeal for breakfast—just boiled rolled oats with some sugar and milk.

For some people, sugar isn't the only thing that risks tooth decay, say scientists from Cornell University in New York.

Meanwhile, saliva coats those pieces, delivering enzymes that help break down the food. Finally, once swallowed, the stomach acids turn any remaining food pieces into mush. This lets the food pass ...

Federica Bertocchini at the Margarita Salas Center for Biological Research and her colleagues have isolated unique, plastic-eating enzymes from the saliva of wax worms. These biological agents ...

Their sensor is triggered by certain disease-associated enzymes in the chewer’s saliva. These enzymes—matrix metalloproteinases—break the sensor apart by targeting the protease-cleavable fragment of ...

Enzymes found in the saliva of wax worms can degrade one of the most common forms of plastic waste. This is based on research published in October that could create new ways to deal with plastic ...