Scientists have identified the protein that is responsible for stopping teeth from regenerating and got to work rethinking ...

For generations, tooth loss has meant a lifetime of fillings, implants or dentures. But now, scientists in Japan and the ...

Brace yourself — a new “miracle” drug that could regrow your own ... the growth of their teeth. The antibody for this gene, USAG-1, can help stimulate tooth growth if it is suppressed ...

Later on, Klein added, “if we can learn how other animals are able to regrow their teeth from stem cells, we could actually really grow a full, new tooth in vitro.” This isn’t something ...

But the price — at potentially thousands of dollars per tooth — might, for many people be a case of financially biting off more than they can chew. What if, instead, they could regrow their pearly ...

Hidden underneath our gums are the dormant buds of a third ... pursuing a similar objective of using antibodies to regrow or repair teeth. "I would say that the Takahashi group is leading the ...

It is these hidden buds that the tooth-regrowing drug taps into to help regrow missing teeth entirely. So far, the drug has seen very promising results from tests on mice and ferrets. Essentially ...

But hidden underneath people’s gums are the dormant buds of a third ... a similar objective of using antibodies to regrow or repair teeth. “I would say that the Takahashi group is leading ...

When children lose their baby teeth, there is an adult set already growing beneath the gums, ready to emerge. But if we lose our permanent teeth, there aren't any more waiting in the wings.