Growing Teeth with Stem Cell Technology

Posted by CowboyNeal on Monday May 3, 2004 @03:15AM from the tooth-fairy-soon-to-be-overworked dept.

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."

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Re:Super Mice? by bhima · 2004-05-03 03:49 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I'm really, really sorry but it has to said:
I, for one, can't wait for our new super-supergenius mice overlords.
OK I feel dirty and shamed, I have to go shower.

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