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Your Mouth on a Chip
From a tooth-on-a-chip to a salivary gland chip and more, scientists are developing microchips that mimic parts of our mouths. These NIDCR-supported studies are peering into the inner workings of the oral cavity to develop better dental materials and new therapies.
NIH, HHS Leaders Call for Research and Policy Changes To Address Oral Health Inequities
Equalizing oral health and access to care will require research and policy initiatives that make oral health care more affordable, accessible, and responsive to communities, write NIDCR Director Rena N. D’Souza, Science Advisor to the President and former National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, in a perspective published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
AHEAD (Advancement of Head and Neck Cancer Early Detection Research)

January 2022

Oral and Salivary Cancer Biology Program
Integrative Biology and Infectious Disease Branch
Division of Extramural Research

Goal

The goal of this initiative is to accelerate translation of research to improve early detection of head and neck cancers (HNC). This initiative will encourage development, evaluation, and validation of biomarkers for risk assessment, detection, and molecular diagnosis and prognosis of early HNC.