The Santa Maria Lab has just received an R41 grant to perform in vivo work for their topical oral wound healing treatment. The funding is provided by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and it will fund a collaboration with Auration Biotech. The Santa Maria lab is aiming to further develop their treatment for oral ulcers which can be caused by a number of different pathologies and in its most serious form can lead to severe infections and inability to eat or drink.