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Humans may be able to grow new teeth within just 6 years. Japanese researchers are advancing a promising tooth-regrowing medicine into human trials. (www.popularmechanics.com)

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[–] Valmond 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Crazy if it works, but the whole biotech field is boiling right now so who knows?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Boiling?

[–] Valmond 2 points 1 month ago

There is a lot of research and interesting things going on right now, from those latest vaccines that are amazing (and not only for vaccinating), CRISPR, longevity research etc etc etc.

It really feels like we went from "trying out 100.000 random things to see if we can somewhat cure something" to using a more direct approach like targeted interventions and designed drugs & molecules.