31-Mar-2026A stiff defense: Rethinking #gumDiseasePenn Dental #Medicine’s Kyle H. Vining and Hardik Makkar take a #biomaterials approach to understanding periodontal disease, using a #hydrogel system to investigate how the physical properties of the gum tissue impact #inflammation.https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1122100 #science #health