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Groundbreaking tooth regrowing drug in works: ‘Every dentist’s dream’
New York Post ^
| July 6, 2023
| Jane Herz
Posted on 07/07/2023 11:31:03 AM PDT by CtBigPat
Researchers in Japan are currently working on a medication that would allow people to grow a new set of teeth, with a clinical trial slated for July 2024.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: antibody; dental; dentistry; gene; helixmakemineadouble; japan; katsutakahashi; kyoto; teeth; toothdecay; usag1
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Takahashi has been working on this research at Kyoto University since around 2005, and found that in mice, there was a particular gene that affected the growth of their teeth.
The antibody for this gene, USAG-1, can help stimulate tooth growth if it is suppressed — something that Takahashi further explored in a 2021 study published in Science Advances.
Scientists have since worked to develop a “neutralizing antibody medicine” that is able to block USAG-1. When tested in mice and ferrets, researchers found that the animals were able to grow new teeth.
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posted on
07/07/2023 11:31:03 AM PDT
by
CtBigPat
To: CtBigPat
I wonder did they have to remove or break teeth of the animals in the study?
We hear of what seems like helpful outcomes from studies but I wonder how did they get animals in the state of needing the “help”?
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posted on
07/07/2023 11:34:54 AM PDT
by
b4me
To: CtBigPat; dfwgator; Red Badger
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posted on
07/07/2023 11:35:10 AM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
To: CtBigPat
I just got a crown, would be much happier growing a new tooth.
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posted on
07/07/2023 11:38:05 AM PDT
by
Reno89519
(DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected.)
To: CtBigPat
One of the side effects is that you grow additional fingers, toes and ears as well. :-P
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posted on
07/07/2023 11:39:13 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
To: CtBigPat
Where do I sign up?
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posted on
07/07/2023 11:40:29 AM PDT
by
dznutz
To: CtBigPat
Great news!............. for mice and Brits................
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posted on
07/07/2023 11:42:49 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: CtBigPat
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posted on
07/07/2023 11:55:41 AM PDT
by
Bratch
To: Bratch
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posted on
07/07/2023 12:03:52 PM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
To: CtBigPat
I always thought God should have given us three sets. Our last set at 50 years old. Some of the things God did were a bit odd. That’s one of the questions I’m asking him about.
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posted on
07/07/2023 12:12:50 PM PDT
by
napscoordinator
(DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
To: CtBigPat
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posted on
07/07/2023 12:16:27 PM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(1218 - NEVER FORGET!)
To: CtBigPat
I knew a guy in the Army. His nickname was piranha because he had 2 sets of teeth, top and bottom, one set in front of the other. Freaky.
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posted on
07/07/2023 12:19:58 PM PDT
by
Deepeasttx
( Sensitivity/diversity training, along with DEI are all un-walled reeducation camps....for now.)
To: Reno89519
The new set of teeth will probably rot out like my first. Hard pass.
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07/07/2023 12:24:26 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
(When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
To: Bratch
To: CtBigPat
I have an Uncle who had three sets of teeth. His baby teeth were perfect and his first set of adult teeth were just awful and quickly rotted away. His second set of adult teeth were perfect and stayed that way his entire life.
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posted on
07/07/2023 12:48:30 PM PDT
by
109ACS
(Wanted Dead or Alive: Schrödinger's Cat)
To: Bratch
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posted on
07/07/2023 1:14:41 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: CtBigPat
You could end up with one growing out of your forehead or some other inconvenient place.
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posted on
07/07/2023 1:27:17 PM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(Procrastination is just a form of defiance.)
To: CtBigPat
Sounds like it will not work for “rebuilding” type of growth of existing teeth damaged by tooth decay, or for regrowing adult teeth that still have a root/base but have broken or fallen off above the root/base.
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07/07/2023 1:30:31 PM PDT
by
Wuli
To: Bratch
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posted on
07/07/2023 2:00:28 PM PDT
by
leaning conservative
(snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
To: leaning conservative
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posted on
07/07/2023 2:01:37 PM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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