World’s 1st drug to regrow teeth enters clinical trials
World’s 1st drug to regrow teeth enters clinical trials
Toregem Biopharma is slated to begin clinical trials in July of next year after it succeeded growing new teeth in mice five years ago.
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I could be crazy but I swear I've heard this a number of times before. It always seemed wonderful as my teeth tend to self-destruct. But nothing ever seems to come from it.
It would be nice if we just naturally grew a new set every 10 years or so but people with strong teeth would be quite annoyed at that especially if they had to do alignment.
Honestly I was hoping crispr would take off more than it actually did come because I'd love to splice myself with the jeans of a shark and just get better teeth every time I lose a tooth
I am scared if it ever takes off - it will only exist for the rich.
We will soon have a world of CRISPR enhanced humans, and well... me.
Wasn't crispr designed to be open source to avoid this problem?
And they shall call you The Denim Reefer
That would be amazing.. imagine face planting from a stupid stunt and being like no biggie they'll grow back. Works for kids and we already know from admittedly gross tumors the human body can grow hair and teeth. Just have to get them in the right place.
Also agree with the other comment to your post.. crispr will likely be for the rich. Hell, it probably already is. A cynical view but i don't sit at that table so who knows.
I've worked in dental in the past (assistant) and my brother has been sending me these types of articles since I started back in 2004. I always say something like "wild" or "amazing" but really NOTHING ever comes of it so I stopped actually reading what he sends me. It's just a waste of time.
I'll believe it when I see it
Thank you for confirming I'm not crazy. At least in that aspect. And also, as someone who has spent an insane amount of hours in that chair thank you for being a DA and dealing with us.
My wifes nieces and nephew all had something (DNA? stem cells? Not sure, cant remember) taken by someone in the family who is working on this science to regrow teeth. He doesn't seem to think its too far off last time i spoke to him.
I didn't mean to imply it wasn't possible. I have a relative that works for ITER. And similarly it's possible but not in my lifetime i imagine.
It might seem silly to relate the 2 but it's just a feeling.. major applicable innovation seems lacking.
Also waiting on sodium-ion or glass batteries as well.