Scientists know more today than ever before about the microbes that inhabit our mouths. They know so much, in fact, that gathering all of the relevant bits of information in one place when designing experiments can be a job in itself. Now, grantees of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of the National Institutes of Health, and their international colleagues intend to solve this problem with the launch of the first comprehensive database of the oral microbiome, or the approximately 600 distinct microorganisms currently known to live in the mouth.
Source: EurekaAlert
StemCellPatents.com Launches Free Stem Cell Patent Database
The website, www.stemcellpatents.com, provides comprehensive summaries and analysis of over 1200 patents hand-picked by experts in the field to be of relevance to stem cell commercialization and development.
Source: wallstreet:online
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