The NIDCR Research Digest is a newsletter for the dental, oral and craniofacial research community. It highlights research findings and activities of interest to researchers.

August 2002

• NIDCR Grantee John Klingensmith Honored by White House
• Applications Invited for the 2003 Harald Löe Scholars Program
• Taste Receptor for Amino Acids Discovered
• Scientists Report New Resin Matrix Passes Initital Tests

February 2002

• NIDCR Grantee Receives Funding from the Bill Gates Foundation
• Scientists Discover Key Signaling Protein
• NIDCR Scientists Create Mouse Model for Dental Defect

October 2001

• NIDCR Funds Centers for Research to Reduce Oral Health Disparities (Press Release)
• Deficiency in White Blood Cell Function Leads to Severe Periodontal Disease
• Dr. Martinez Appointed NIDCR Associate Director for Program Development
• Dr. Arthur Caplan To Speak at Inaugural David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture
• Clinical Research Training for Dental Faculty

August 2001

• Study Gives Glimpse of Human Brian's Natural Painkiller System in Action
• Mouse Model Sheds Light on Hereditary Dental Defects
• Dr. Robert Langer to Present 2001 Kreshover Lecture
• NIDCR's Dr. Dushanka Kleinman Named PHS Chief Dental Officer

May 2001

• Beehive Product May Inhibit Dental Caries
• More Rigorous Studies Needed to Advance Emerging Dental Caries Diagnostic & Management Strategies, Says NIH Consensus Panel
• NIDCR Announces Funding of New Grants on Oropharyngeal Candidiasis

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