Cheng receives grant to explore possible saliva test for oral cancer

Dr. Yi-Shing Lisa Cheng, associate professor in diagnostic sciences at Texas A&M Health Science Center Baylor College of Dentistry, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to explore using saliva as an early detection method in a high-risk group for oral cancer.

Her grant project, titled “Salivary biomarkers for oral cancer in lichen planus patients,” will receive more than $380,000 during the next two years from the NIH’s National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. The funding is available from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the economic stimulus package passed by congress in February.

Read the full story in the next issue of the Baylor Dental Record Online.

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