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World's 1st 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)
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TOKYO -- A Japanese research team is making progress on the development of a groundbreaking medication that may allow people to grow new teeth, with c

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[-] livus@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks for copying me in, I really should have read the whole article first!

[-] Mr_Figtree@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

They do also talk about the potential to activate a latent third set of tooth buds in humans who have lost their adult teeth. They seem to have already done this in animals.

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