Fully Functional Bioengineered Tooth Grown In a Mouse 264
A couple of weeks back the Wall Street Journal reported on the first organ grown in vivo from stem cells — a tooth in the mouth of a mouse. Reader cdrpsab spotted the news on the MedGadget blog; the research had been reported earlier in the PNAS. From the WSJ: "The researchers at the Tokyo University of Science created a set of cells that contained genetic instructions to build a tooth, and then implanted this 'tooth germ' into the mouse's empty tooth socket. The tooth grew out of the socket and through the gums, as a natural tooth would. Once the engineered tooth matured, after 11 weeks, it had a similar shape, hardness and response to pain or stress as a natural tooth, and worked equally well for chewing. The researchers suggested that using similar techniques in humans could restore function to patients with organ failure."
Hu Hu (Score:1, Funny)
I can see coming the spam update : "A new way to enlarge your pen1s"
Re:Start small? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Start small? (Score:4, Funny)
The tooth fairy would then receive a bailout package.
Fully Functional Bioengineered Tooth Growing (Score:2, Funny)
Strange Leap (Score:5, Funny)
The submitter got me, I have to admit. I was reading the summary, thinking that it would end with "could allow humans to regrow teeth"... but they pulled a zigzag, and went a different direction. Organs. Wow. Did M. Knight Shamalyan write this summary?
Re:I have a friend who grew a tooth. (Score:5, Funny)
Got a bit of shark in him, eh?
It's a scam (Score:4, Funny)
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how'd you know? (Score:4, Funny)
did you see the laser beam on his head?
Fantastic news... (Score:3, Funny)
I wonder if this treatment will be available through NHS dentists once it is perfected.
ROFLMFAO I crack myself up sometimes.
Re:Start small? (Score:1, Funny)
Market glut. The value of teeth would plummet.
Re:Start small? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Strange Leap (Score:2, Funny)
thats only 1 line of code that needs to be added . . . this shouldnt be too hard ;)
Re:It's all about the permissions. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I have a friend who grew a tooth. (Score:1, Funny)
I had three of one of my front teeth when I was rather young. The second one was a gnarled twisted mass. :\
Be grateful you hadn't born in ancient Sparta.
How is babby tooth formed?
Re:It's a scam (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I have a friend who grew a tooth. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Repeated injuries can cause cancer (Score:4, Funny)
*reads this as he massages the inside of his cheek that he bit for the fifth time this year*
Well shit.
Re:I have a friend who grew a tooth. (Score:5, Funny)
Got a bit of shark in him, eh?
jcr: "No, Why?"
shark: "Does he want some?"
*rimshot*