Being Quote by Elizabeth Blackburn

“Saliva is basically filtered blood.”

— Giulia Enders

“Here is what William Beaumont had to say about saliva: “Its legitimate and only use, in my opinion, is to lubricate the food to…

— Mary Roach

The surgeon general warned today that saliva causes stomach cancer. But apparently only when swallowed in small amounts over a long period of time.

— George Carlin

“Human saliva contains histatins, which speed wound closure independent of their antibacterial action.”

— Mary Roach

There is at bottom only one genuinely scientific treatment for all diseases, and that is to stimulate the phagocytes.

— George Bernard Shaw

As was to be expected, the discovery of the nervous apparatus of the salivary glands immediately impelled physiologists to seek a similar apparatus in…

— Ivan Pavlov

It's a terrible thing that we cannot really trust the FDA or NCI (National Cancer Institute). We need, therefore, an independent scientific investigation.

— Paul Douglas

It is false to suggest that medical breakthroughs come only through government research.

— Roger Wicker

People are surprisingly off put just by saliva, the substance that you carry around in your mouth. You swallow it. You have no objection…

— Mary Roach

My manager says we've been working with the FDA on this.

— Carlos Gonzalez

I made some friends at Listerine and they taught me a little bit about oral care. That half of adults suffer from oral disease,…

— Ginnifer Goodwin

Saliva has antibacterial properties. It also has things called nerve growth factor, skin growth factor, histatins which help with wound closure. So when you…

— Mary Roach