Researchers to study oral bacterium that contributes to periodontal disease

Researchers at the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine have received a two-year, $320,500 grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to investigate Porphyromonas gingivalis, an oral bacterium that contributes to periodontal disease. The group is also working on mapping out the diversity of all viruses present in the oral microbiome through two five-year grants from the National Institutes of Health. The first one, for $523,237, will expand the Human Oral Microbiome Database and is being conducted with colleagues at the ADA Forsyth Institute. The second one, with the Human Salivary Proteome team, is for $437,689 and is a supplement to the first grant, another collaboration with researchers at ADA Forsyth, among others.

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