Clinical Trials for Drug That Replaces Missing Teeth Underway

https://www.sciencealert.com/clinical-trials-for-drug-that-replaces-missing-teeth-finally-underway

by arizen • 2 years ago

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gnabgib• 2 years ago

The drug doesn't replace teeth, it enables regrowth, or might. Discussions:

New drug to regenerate lost teeth (25 points, 7 months ago, 4 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40540852

Japan pharma startup to begin human trials of tooth regrowth drug in 2024 (260 points, 2023, 87 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37638956

Suppressing a gene by using its antibody can lead to tooth growth: animal study (236 points, 2021, 155 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26641989

Terr_• 2 years ago

A confident Takahashi argues that the location of a new tooth in a mouth can be controlled, if not pinpointed, by the drug injection site.

IIRC there was some other (same?) technique which had a nightmare-fuel issue: It would promote all tooth growth even where you don't want it, so you kind of have to be starting with a blank slate...

Clinical Trials for Drug That Replaces Missing Teeth Underway

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