Article: UCLA professor's lollipops sucker-punch cavities.(UP FRONT)

Licking lollipops to prevent cavities--now that's having the hair of the dog that bit you.

Not according to Wenyuan Shi.

The UCLA microbiologist has been researching Chinese herbs for several years and located a compound that fights cavities--and is now in a sugar-free lollipop on the market.

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"It's always been my dream to use one of the things that causes the problem to treat it," said Shi, a professor at UCLA's dental and medical schools who formed C3 Jian Inc. to commercialize his research.

The active ingredient in the lollipop is an extract of Chinese licorice root that has been shown in the laboratory to kill the major ...

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