Shotgun 1 #1 March 10, 2005 My first thought is: Don't we have more important things to be doing gene therapy and stem cell research on at the moment??? But it would be pretty cool to be able to grow new teeth... QuotePossibility of Growing New Teeth Envisioned Wed Mar 9, 3:22 PM ET Health - Reuters By Alison McCook NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - We may not be very far away from a time when dentists offer to help people with damaged or missing teeth grow new ones, according to new research presented on Wednesday. A series of presentations at a dental meeting demonstrate that techniques using stem cells and gene therapy to regenerate teeth are producing promising results, suggesting this technique may not be far off. "I think it's looking like quite an exciting technology for the near future," said Dr. Tony Smith, editor of the Journal of Dental Research, who was not involved in any of the newest studies. Smith explained that the presentations describe techniques that enable dentists to coax existing teeth into repairing and regenerating themselves, and techniques where dentists can "start from scratch." Clearly, techniques that involve adding new tissue to already-existing teeth are "probably a bit closer on the horizon," perhaps within a "handful of years," Smith predicted. Techniques that grow teeth from scratch will likely take at least another 10 years to perfect, he added. In some instances, researchers are trying to reprogram cells in the mouth to behave like tooth-growing cells, convincing them they have to produce new teeth, Smith explained. Other techniques being explored involve using stem cells, which have the potential to become any type of cell or tissue. In one study being presented at the meeting, researchers successfully extracted stem cells from the pulp of adult teeth, Smith said. The next step is to examine whether it's possible to use these teeth to regenerate new dental tissue, he said. Other research being unveiled describes tests of different approaches to select stem cells from pulp, and all shows "different degrees of success," Smith said. These techniques may one day help people whose teeth have decayed from very bad cavities, who have lost teeth in an accident, or whose teeth have worn down from acid or hard brushing, among other conditions, he predicted. The findings are being presented Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday during the 83rd General Session of the International Association for Dental Research in Baltimore, Maryland. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050309/hl_nm/teeth_new_dc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene03 0 #2 March 10, 2005 Yes it would, but this whole stem cell research thing reminds me of Huxleys Brave New World“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #3 March 10, 2005 That's DAMN cool. They need to hurry the hell up! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #4 March 10, 2005 QuoteYes it would, but this whole stem cell research thing reminds me of Huxleys Brave New World I have never read "Brave New World" (though I have a vague idea of what it's about)... so now I am curious to know how stem cell research relates to that book? Does Huxley use a similar idea? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #5 March 10, 2005 QuoteThat's DAMN cool. They need to hurry the hell up! Yea, then I wouldn't scare the children....... as much. It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfzombie13 324 #6 March 10, 2005 i was reading an article in discover the other day and it said that people will take any new drug therepy and never even think about where it came from, grown on yeast, bacteria ar anything else, but they balk at eating genetically engineered food. wait, i guess this doesn't exactly fit here, sorry. just a thought._________________________________________ Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #7 March 10, 2005 QuoteThat's DAMN cool. They need to hurry the hell up! I agree.. my mouth is so fucked up from 30 years of abuse. I'm going to send my oral surgeon and my dentist to tahiti for 2 weeks with all the bills. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #8 March 10, 2005 You could always volunteer to let them experiment on you. They might screw up and make you grow an extra penis or something, but it might be worth a try. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #9 March 10, 2005 QuoteThey might screw up and make you grow an extra penis or something, but it might be worth a try. I thought that happened already. Grew RIGHT out of his neck! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #10 March 10, 2005 QuoteQuoteThey might screw up and make you grow an extra penis or something, but it might be worth a try. I thought that happened already. Grew RIGHT out of his neck! Really??? Do you have his phone number? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #11 March 10, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteThey might screw up and make you grow an extra penis or something, but it might be worth a try. I thought that happened already. Grew RIGHT out of his neck! Really??? Do you have his phone number? Ok was this some sort of degrading personall attack? "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #12 March 10, 2005 Quotei was reading an article in discover the other day and it said that people will take any new drug therepy and never even think about where it came from, grown on yeast, bacteria ar anything else, but they balk at eating genetically engineered food. That's funny... I guess a lot of people are that way... I think I'm more the opposite though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #13 March 10, 2005 QuoteOk was this some sort of degrading personall attack? No, of course not... I just thought that a guy with a penis growing out of his neck might be interesting to, um, talk to. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #14 March 10, 2005 QuoteQuoteOk was this some sort of degrading personall attack? No, of course not... I just thought that a guy with a penis growing out of his neck might be interesting to, um, talk to. Hmmm might come in handy... huh? "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buried 0 #15 March 10, 2005 I can finally get those two front teeth that i've asked for every christmas Where is my fizzy-lifting drink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
