Do they have to be grown in the normal tooth places, or can I grow myself some teeth knuckle dusters?
Next up, contagious teratomas
Lots of hopium in the article. The base treatment seems to be for 2-7 years old missing teeths.
I mean you can’t just inject some stuff and have a random tooth grow out.
I’m 36, so you telling me theres a chance I won’t need dentures when I’m in my 70s?
Sorry but this tech will forever be ‘ready in 5 years’
I mean tbh modern dentures are dope if you can afford them
There’s a crazy lot of stuff that will happen in the upcoming decades. IMO.
Well, that’s not actually the first thing they’re testing:
Now, scientists will see just how similar, because humans will soon undergo a similar trial in September of this year. Lasting 11 months, this study will focus on 30 males between the ages of 30 and 64—each missing at least one tooth. The drug will be administered intravenously to prove its effectiveness and safety, and luckily, no side effects have been reported in previous animal studies.
I’m guessing the idea is to catch teeth that could have developed but never did (hey, I’m missing one that way). Otherwise I’m not sure how they’d control which type and how many show up.
Annoyingly there’s no English language link, so it’s hard to say. I’m not even clear on what they did with the ferrets.
Based on the studies I’ve seen, that’s exactly what the researchers are hoping for in the long run
Crazy if it works, but the whole biotech field is boiling right now so who knows?
Mark my words this is going to be used decoratively like a tattoo or a piercing
Two words, penile implant.
That seems like overkill if you just want bumps.
Vagina dentata
What a wonderful phrase!
If you accidentaly mix up your antibiotics ear drips with your tooth growing medicide, are you going to get ear teeth?
Yes, helping people is fine and all but I think we can all agree the real question is can we grow extra teeth and where?
- While bones can regrow themselves when they break, teeth aren’t so lucky, and that leads to millions of people worldwide suffering from some form of edentulism, a.k.a. toothlessness.
- Now, Japanese researchers are moving a promising, tooth-regrowing medicine into human trials—the first patients will be receiving the drug intravenously in September of this year.
- If the trial is successful, the researchers hope the drug will become available for all forms of toothlessness sometime around 2030.
I can probably hold out but it’s going to be close .
Excellent! More teeth for the teeth cup.
