Medical Center Research
Dr. Bidhan C. Bandyopadhyay, who heads the Calcium Signaling Laboratory at the Washington DC VA Medical Center (DCVAMC), and his team are studying the process of regulating calcium concentrations in saliva to look at its implication in salivary stone disease (sialolithiasis) and infection in the salivary gland (sialadenitis). The study, published in The Journal of Biological Chemistry may also help scientists one day examine a similar process for preventing calcium stones in the kidney, pancreas, and vascular system. To view the article, click: http://www.jbc.org/content/early/2012/07/09/jbc.M112.394122
