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.
1 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”?
2 posted on
07/07/2023 11:34:54 AM PDT by
b4me
To: CtBigPat; dfwgator; Red Badger
3 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.
4 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
5 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?
6 posted on
07/07/2023 11:40:29 AM PDT by
dznutz
To: CtBigPat
Great news!............. for mice and Brits................
7 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
8 posted on
07/07/2023 11:55:41 AM PDT by
Bratch
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.
10 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
11 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.
12 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: 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.
15 posted on
07/07/2023 12:48:30 PM PDT by
109ACS
(Wanted Dead or Alive: Schrödinger's Cat)
To: CtBigPat
You could end up with one growing out of your forehead or some other inconvenient place.
17 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.
18 posted on
07/07/2023 1:30:31 PM PDT by
Wuli
To: CtBigPat
26 posted on
07/07/2023 4:13:05 PM PDT by
sauropod
(Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”)
To: CtBigPat
Is it some kind of substance that can be combined with the clot-shot?
“Every dentist’s dream” sounds like over-hype to me. The dentists I know dream of stuff like Ferraris, place at the lake, big boats, paying less income tax. LOL
To: CtBigPat
Dentists dream? Implants cost like $5k per tooth.
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