Our mouths can indicate much about us, not just the words that emerge from them.

Our saliva comes into direct contact with many tissues in the body, including infected tissue, and can show the presence of disease, even at early stages.

An Israeli startup, Salignostics, which has developed a saliva-based pregnancy and COVID test, is teaming up with the ARC Innovation Center and the Sheba Medical Center to develop a test that can indicate the presence of oral cancer cells from a saliva sample.