• @[email protected]
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    83 months ago

    NSFL warning
    Search for “Teratoma” if you want to see what happens when this goes wrong.

    • zout
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      243 months ago

      This is something different. This treatment is not for replacing teeth that were somehow lost, but for people where one or more teeth didn’t develop in the first place.

      • kn0wmad1c
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        63 months ago

        It says in the article it will treat “all forms of toothlessness”

        • zout
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          63 months ago

          While these treatments are currently focused on patients with congenital tooth deficiency, Takahashi hopes the treatment will be available for anyone who’s lost a tooth.

          In other earlier reports it is also mentioned that the successes in animal trials also were with congegeniaal tooth deficiency. So the hopes of this researcher are not backed by results. And though I’m no expert on any field related to this, I can’t see how this would work for people who lost teeth.

          Quick edit; an earlier source

          • AwesomeLowlander
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            33 months ago

            I’ve read the studies related to USAG-1, the molecule in question. Most of them mention that the treatment would also be applicable to normal mice (and hopefully humans). I’m guessing the widespread mentions of congenital tooth deficiency is due to funding or other criteria they want to meet.

      • Greg Clarke
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        43 months ago

        Can I use this technology to replace my pinky toe with a tooth? That would be useful for when I stub my toe

    • Hossenfeffer
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      73 months ago

      No thank you very much, I absolutely don’t and I absolutely won’t!

    • @[email protected]
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      123 months ago

      As someone who has experienced decades of poverty and chronic depression who is now finally in a more stable place, I’d be willing to trade certain other body parts if it meant I could have a do over on my teeth. As long as the pain isn’t life long, I’d get over it.

      I’m self conscious about the way my mouth moves when I talk, how I smile or laugh (whether or not it’s worth the risk) and even how I chew. I’d be willing to be a test subject, because God knows what they’d charge if it works.

  • @affiliate
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    53 months ago

    i’ve been trying for a whole lot longer than 6 years

  • threelonmusketeers
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    3 months ago

    Super excited to see the results of this trial. It seems so unfair that sharks get unlimited teeth, while us humans are limited to a mere two sets.

  • dolphin
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    13 months ago

    Mouth bone. I got a boner in my mouth