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Adult Stem Cells May One Day Grow New Teeth
NEW YORK, March 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - While research with embryo cells remains stagnant because of medical hazards, it is beginning to look as though there really is no limit to the possibilities of therapeutic applications using adult stem cells.
At a meeting of the International Association for Dental Research in Baltimore, Maryland, researchers are positing that damaged teeth can be repaired and new teeth be grown from the cells derived from the pulp of adult teeth. Dr. Tony Smith, editor of the Journal of Dental Research, described research that may enable dentists to coax existing teeth into repairing and regenerating themselves. The work may also lead to methods where dentists can grow entirely new teeth “(starting) from scratch.”
The techniques could be ready to help repair teeth within a few years, with the possibility of growing new teeth within ten years.
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NEW YORK, March 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - While research with embryo cells remains stagnant because of medical hazards, it is beginning to look as though there really is no limit to the possibilities of therapeutic applications using adult stem cells.
At a meeting of the International Association for Dental Research in Baltimore, Maryland, researchers are positing that damaged teeth can be repaired and new teeth be grown from the cells derived from the pulp of adult teeth. Dr. Tony Smith, editor of the Journal of Dental Research, described research that may enable dentists to coax existing teeth into repairing and regenerating themselves. The work may also lead to methods where dentists can grow entirely new teeth “(starting) from scratch.”
The techniques could be ready to help repair teeth within a few years, with the possibility of growing new teeth within ten years.
Read Reuter’s coverage:
cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2005030915220002763240&dt=20050309152200&w=RTR&coview
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