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Growing Teeth with Stem Cell Technology
davidoff404 writes "Lost a tooth lately? Well, a natural cure may be at hand. The BBC is reporting on a grant awarded to researchers at King's College, London, which they say will allow them to develop a technique for growing natural replacement teeth. Using recently developed techniques, stem cells can be programmed to develop into teeth, and then inserted into the gap in a patient's jaw. According to the BBC, the research has already been successfully performed on mice, and clinical trials on humans should begin within two years."
Research on growing teeth? In England? THERE's a fucking surprise, mate.
Finally, a solution to the near-catastrophic lack of Rodent Teeth! I can sleep easy tonight!
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I understand why they're necessary, but come on, why do they have nerves in them? Fingernails and hair are necessary, and evolution seems to have gotten both of those correct... so why do teeth have nerves? And does this growing of new teeth include the nerves? I have had five root canals and stopped counting my cavities at 40 (I'm half English, that's why - the stereo-type is based in reality), so I am looking to get FAKE teeth (the kind that screw into the jaw - I already have one) and be rid of the miserable real ones I have. I sure as hell don't want them replaced with new real ones. That would just be excruciating.
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Note: This does not mean you can stop brushing your teeth, people! Flossing, okay, maybe, but continue to brush. Please...
No more brushing my teeth and all the Coke I can drink!
Take that, Mother, with all your dire predictions about my teeth rotting out.
This is wonderful news, now I can grow teeth like Tom Cruise's.
Oh wait, this research was done in the UK.
Make that Austin Powers.
John.
It would be cool if in the future you could have some plasmid novelty joke gum that would alter the stem cell DNA and turn the tooth into a penis or ass. You've been Punk'd, ass mouth!
I imagine that using this technique that they could grow a tooth anywhere, right? I got a joke in e-mail last week about vagina's with teeth - I could only get to sleep that night by dismissing it as an impossibility. Now what? I'm suffering some serious shrinkage here - tell me it isn't so... Snapping - be careful what you wish for.
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What do they need a grant for, can't they just stick all the teeth they grow under their pillows?
Anywhere there's a Denny's, Cracker Barrel, or a Howard Johnson's
According to the BBC, the research has already been successfully performed on mice, and clinical trials on humans should begin within two years.
With all these advancements we keep performing on mice (mice with human breasts and gigantic ears. Mice that can control things with their mind and are cancer proof...Mice that produce sperm for monkeys,mice that glow in the dark, etc...), it's only a matter of time before we build a renegade breed of super-supergenius mice who become our leaders and take over the world.
It's just like marijuana legalization. The people missing the most teeth tend not to vote.
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can they grow hair with stem cells? If they can do that, now THAT would be a goldmine.. fake teeth dont look as fake as fake hair.
1. Grow new teeth using stem cell technology.
2. Set up office in Arkansas.
3. PROFIT!
Absolutely. These dumb fuck scientists don't know the first thing about how to do research! They could have saved half a million pounds if they had simply asked teh TyrranzzX from Slashdot first!
I may just stop using email completely... :-\
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