For the past two decades, scientists have been manipulating genes to grow human cells where you wouldn’t quite expect them.

The microbes that inhabit the human mouth have a lot to say about one's general health. That's part of the motivation behind a massive new push to catalog these oral bacteria. Trisha Gura finds ...

As a portal into the body’s respiratory and digestive tracts, the mouth is also a window into your overall health. Here are some of the many conditions that can affect the human mouth.

Although there have been dozens of cases of human foot-and-mouth reported worldwide, the only previous UK case happened in 1966 in Northumberland. A 35-year-old man, Bobby Brewis, a farm machinery ...

Two more cases of suspected foot-and-mouth in humans have proved negative, it emerged today. The Public Health Laboratory Service said eight of the 13 samples being investigated had now tested ...

Everyone loves getting kisses from a dog, but how healthy is it? Could certain diseases be transferred from a dog’s mouth to a human’s mouth? How important is doggy dental care? Is a dog’s mouth ...