Stem Cell Grown "Bio Teeth" Better Than Implants?
1,098"Bioteeth" grown from a person's own stem cells look to be a promising future alternative to dental implants...and they look to even be superior!
Professor Paul Sharpe published his findings in the Journal of Dental Research. He says the epithlial stem cells would come from the patient's own gum and be combined with tooth-forming embryonic stem cells of mice. The cells are them implanted into mice and grow into hybrid teeth that would look and function as a normal adult tooth.
Bioteeth are still in the research stage, but would you want one? Lindsay Godin is not just The Young Turks billion views winner, but she's also a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Minnesota, and has grown tissue in a lab. So obviously, we asked her to give her thoughts on bioteeth and growing organs using stem cells!
Read more from Science World Report: http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/5506/20130312/bioteeth-stemcells-will-regrow-complete-tooth-superior-implants.htm
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