Scientists in Japan have developed a drug that can regrow teeth, and they’re nearly ready to begin human trials. While conducting research on mice a few ago, the team discovered those rodents missing ...

There’s a lot of diversity of form among fishes. What we generally think of as standard features (fins, scales and teeth) can present in all sorts of interesting ways from group to group and species ...

Japanese scientists are set to kick off the world’s first clinical trials of “tooth regrowth medicine” at the Kyoto University Hospital, The Mainichi reports. Researchers from the Japanese startup ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A 2021 study out of Japan showed how targeting genes can regrow teeth in animals. Now, the team has ...

Scientists discovered true teeth growing on the head of the spotted ratfish, a distant shark relative. The toothed structure, called a tenaculum, helps males hold onto females during mating. Genetic ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A recently-published study revealed that scientists grew human-like teeth in a pig's mouth by using a mix of human and pig DNA. The new study, published in Stem Cells Translational ...

Tooth loss affects millions around the world, caused by decay, gum disease, injuries, and some diseases. Missing teeth do more than make it hard to chew or talk. They also impact appearance and ...

Some sharks get a new set of teeth every few weeks, while crocodiles can go through thousands of chompers in their long lifetimes. Yet the ability to endlessly replace our pearly whites is something ...

WASHINGTON - Ever wonder why sharks get several rows of teeth and people only get one? Some geneticists did, and their discovery could spur work to help adults one day grow new teeth when their own ...

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