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Lots of hopium in the article. The base treatment seems to be for 2-7 years old missing teeths.
I mean you can't just inject some stuff and have a random tooth grow out.
I'm 36, so you telling me theres a chance I won't need dentures when I'm in my 70s?
I mean tbh modern dentures are dope if you can afford them
There's a crazy lot of stuff that will happen in the upcoming decades. IMO.
Sorry but this tech will forever be 'ready in 5 years'
Well, that's not actually the first thing they're testing:
I'm guessing the idea is to catch teeth that could have developed but never did (hey, I'm missing one that way). Otherwise I'm not sure how they'd control which type and how many show up.
Annoyingly there's no English language link, so it's hard to say. I'm not even clear on what they did with the ferrets.
Based on the studies I've seen, that's exactly what the researchers are hoping for in the long run
Crazy if it works, but the whole biotech field is boiling right now so who knows?