The damage to humans’ glands is permanent, but another species has the ability to rebuild the organ within two weeks of an injury. In experiments in mice, when radiation destroys saliva-producing ...

The acinar region consists of serous, mucinous and mixed glands, although the predominant gland type is, different among the three major salivary glands, that is, the parotid glands are rich in ...

The resulting image shows a section of a healthy mouse salivary gland with acinar cells labeled in green. The same image has pink-labeled cells, which are ductal cells that channel saliva from the ...

Munguia-Lopez, J. G., et al. (2025).Expansion of functional human salivary acinar cell spheroids with reversible thermo-ionically crosslinked 3D hydrogels. International Journal of Oral Science.

The former had epithelial types belonging to the serous and mucous acini, salivary ducts, myoepithelial cells, and glia, besides ionocytes, fibroblasts, endothelial, and smooth muscle cells.

In a new study (DOI: 10.1038/s41368-025-00368-6) published on May 9, 2025, in the International Journal of Oral Science, researchers from McGill University unveiled a next-generation hydrogel that ...