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Thursday, December 3, 2015

Regrow a Tooth?

Regrow a tooth? Fish, yes; humans, maybe some day.
When a Lake Malawi cichlid loses a tooth, a new one drops neatly into place as a replacement. Why can't humans similarly regrow teeth lost to injury or disease? Recent research at Georgia Institute of Technology aims to understand the pathways that differentiate teeth or taste buds in embryonic fish.