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Humans May Be Able to Grow New Teeth Within Just 6 Years (www.popularmechanics.com)

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[–] superkret 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

NSFL warning
Search for "Teratoma" if you want to see what happens when this goes wrong.

[–] zout@fedia.io 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is something different. This treatment is not for replacing teeth that were somehow lost, but for people where one or more teeth didn't develop in the first place.

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It says in the article it will treat "all forms of toothlessness"

[–] zout@fedia.io 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

While these treatments are currently focused on patients with congenital tooth deficiency, Takahashi hopes the treatment will be available for anyone who’s lost a tooth.

In other earlier reports it is also mentioned that the successes in animal trials also were with congegeniaal tooth deficiency. So the hopes of this researcher are not backed by results. And though I'm no expert on any field related to this, I can't see how this would work for people who lost teeth.

Quick edit; an earlier source

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

I've read the studies related to USAG-1, the molecule in question. Most of them mention that the treatment would also be applicable to normal mice (and hopefully humans). I'm guessing the widespread mentions of congenital tooth deficiency is due to funding or other criteria they want to meet.

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can I use this technology to replace my pinky toe with a tooth? That would be useful for when I stub my toe

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I got you fam!

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[–] Alice@beehaw.org 7 points 2 months ago

What a way to learn my client doesn't support spoiler tags

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

When a joke becomes a nightmare 😳

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

For those who don't want to look: teeth growing where they shouldn't

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 7 points 2 months ago

No thank you very much, I absolutely don’t and I absolutely won’t!