Gum chewing independently arose across different cultures and regions at different times, says Jennifer Mathews, an ...

Microplastics are building up in human brains, blood, reproductive organs, and more. A new study suggests you ingest more plastic when you chew gum.

If you enjoy a refreshing stick of gum now and then, you may be biting off more than you should chew. A recent pilot study found that chewing gum – even those labeled "natural" – can release ...

Scientists have engineered an antiviral chewing gum using a protein from lablab beans, showing promising results in neutralizing influenza and herpes simplex viruses. This innovative approach ...

Now another source of microplastics in the body has been discovered: chewing gum. Chewing gum contains long molecules called polymers. Some brands of gum contain natural polymers from tree sap.

A clinical-grade chewing gum containing natural viral trap protein FRIL serves as a new method to target virus neutralization directly within the oral cavity. Influenza Virus Neutralization ...

Their secret weapon? Chewing gum – but not any gum. This one is made from a rather fascinating bean. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania's Penn Dental Medicine have been working on ...

Chewing gum can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into the saliva that may be ingested. Research presented this week at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society in San ...

Chewing gum has been added to the growing list of things that lead us to ingest hundreds and thousands of microplastics. But is it really surprising considering gum is pretty much made of plastic?

Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers said on Tuesday, also warning of the pollution created by the rubber-based sweet. The small study ...