This is the conclusion of researchers from Cornell University in New York who studied how the microbial communities in the mouth react to AMY1, which codes for an enzyme, amylase, that helps the ...

Humans carry multiple copies of the salivary amylase gene (AMY1), which helps begin breaking down starch in the mouth -- the first step in digesting carb-laden foods like bread and pasta ...

Study: The Impact of Human Salivary Amylase Gene Copy Number and Starch on Oral Biofilms. Image Credit: Stastny_Pavel / Shutterstock It's common knowledge that sugar causes cavities, but new ...

The AMY1 gene is responsible for producing salivary amylase, an enzyme that helps digest starch in the mouth. Earlier studies have linked AMY1 to cavities and periodontal disease. However ...

AMY1 codes for the salivary amylase enzyme, which helps break down starch in the mouth. Previous studies have associated AMY1 with cavities and periodontal disease. Poole, in prior studies ...

AMY1 codes for the salivary amylase enzyme, which helps break down starch in the mouth. Previous studies have associated AMY1 with cavities and periodontal disease. Poole, in prior studies ...

When you chew carbohydrate-rich foods, carbohydrase enzymes, such as amylase in your saliva, break down starch into sugar to give us the energy we need. Then protease enzymes in your stomach break ...

The AMY1 gene, which varies from 2 to 20 copies per person, affects how well starch is broken down. More copies mean more salivary amylase, an adaptation from when humans transitioned to starch ...

However, the exact mechanism by which salivary amylase interacts with starch to change the oral microbiome and increase the risk of disease has not been clear. "That's what we wanted to know in ...

It's common knowledge that sugar causes cavities, but new Cornell University research provides evidence that -depending on ...

When you chew carbohydrate-rich foods, carbohydrase enzymes, such as amylase in your saliva, break down starch into sugar to give us the energy we need. Then protease enzymes in your stomach break ...