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July 18, 2006
Periodontitis or Biofilms as a Source of Disease?
As a break from the Omics blog series, I'd like to just mention an interesting article recently released from the CDC.
O'Connor SM, Taylor CE, Hughes JM. Emerging infectious determinants of chronic diseases. Emerg Infect Dis 2006 Jul. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no07/06-0037.htm
To my mind, this sounded like it really ought to mention some of the recent research in dentistry linking periodontal infections and heart disease. This article doesn't do that, but it does mention biofilms as being related to this line of research. More generally, it is a very interesting overview of research in many different areas of medicine linking various infectious agents with chronic diseases, including cancer. Worth a look.
Posted by pfa at July 18, 2006 05:55 PM