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Oral Biofilm Composition, Dissemination to Keratinocytes, and Inflammatory Attenuation Depend on Probiotic and Synbiotic Strain Specificity
Several inflammatory diseases are characterized by a disruption in the equilibrium between the host and its microbiome. Due to the increase in resistance, the use of antibiotics for the widespread, nonspecific...
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Open AccessSexual orientation, social capital and daily tobacco smoking: a population-based study
Studies have suggested poorer health in the homosexual and bisexual groups compared to heterosexuals. Tobacco smoking, which is a health-related behavior associated with psychosocial stress, may be one explana...
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Increasing anastomosis safety and preventing abdominal adhesion formation by the use of polypeptides in the rat
Postoperative adhesions can potentially be reduced using different anti-adhesive agents, though these drugs tend to compromise healing of an intestinal anastomosis. No method that significantly increases anast...