It melts into a buttery pool as the mouth produces a tide of saliva.
Youk had trouble breathing and swallowing properly and would often choke on his saliva.
Chicha is made from a masticated blend of boiled maize (or yucca root) and human saliva.
So why are fermented saliva, decomposed shark and maggot-ridden cheese so desirable in some cultures?
The chewing also activates the saliva glands so the stomach gets ready to take food in.
Radioiodine not taken up into the thyroid gland is excreted in your urine and saliva.
They have to fill in a short application form and provide a small saliva sample.
What if a swab of saliva could tell if a player has genetically weak knees, or ankles?
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The saliva stains on the denuded pillows were evidence of a long winter spent drooling and dreaming.
But unlike LifePoint's gadget, Avitar's test does not indicate the amount of drugs or alcohol present in saliva.
Saliva tests were then carried on the women and their babies when the infants were a year old.
In February DNA tests on two roe deer discovered dead in Gloucestershire found only saliva relating to foxes.
Project ScanaFlu is a low-cost disposable cartridge that can test for cold and flu symptoms by testing saliva.
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The Programmable Bio-Nano-Chip developed by Rice University scientists can detect heart disease or cancer from a saliva sample.
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Without saliva to moisten the powder, people invariably begin to gag and choke, followed by vigorous bouts of coughing.
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Professor Jarvis' team analysed levels of a by-product of nicotine called cotinine in the saliva of 2, 031 adult smokers.
Saliva samples taken before and after the posing measured testosterone and cortisol levels.
The LifePoint saliva test is cheaper and much faster than drug tests sent to laboratories, including those for saliva.
The disease is transmitted through the infected bird's saliva, nasal secretions or feces.
The third group suffered the same indignity but, in addition, had elk saliva painted on to the torn surfaces.
The drug is a synthetic form of GLP-1 and was originally derived from the venomous saliva of the Gila monster.
And back when people thought HIV could be transmitted through saliva or tears, they would limit their casual contact, White said.
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For instance, someone with fever could use a disposable kit to test saliva to find out what is wrong with them.
The saliva produced in the mouth by the physical act of chewing can wash away acids and bacteria, thereby protecting teeth.
Confusing the picture further are private labs that offer tests of stool or saliva that they say can definitively diagnose gluten sensitivity.
The saliva flow can lead to an antacid effect in the stomach.
The effect should be fleeting, enough to warm up the brain's food neurons, kick-start the taste buds, and crank open the saliva glands.
Worst hit will be Amylin Pharmaceuticals, which developed Bydureon and its predecessor, the twice-a-day Byetta, from a compound found in Gila monster saliva.
"Perhaps there is an organism in the tick's saliva that makes a person allergic to the alpha-gal sugar in mammalian meat, " Commins said.
Using saliva samples, Pollak and his colleagues tested the girls' levels of the stress hormone cortisol both before and after the stress test.
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