Teeth, kidneys, heart. If we can fully grow these of the patient's dna, that would be mind blowing, and I'd say we're living in the future
Each time I read another story about them finding how to regrow teeth, I’m reminded of Star Trek 4 where the little old woman grew a new kidney thanks to McCoy giving her a pill and proclaiming they’re in the dark ages.
Forget sharks with lasers, I want a narwhal tusk on my head!
Would this not require us to only grow baby teeth?
Maybe if a person's already had all their adult teeth removed, then you reactivate the gene instead of giving them dentures? Though, that means you might need all your teeth pulled if you lose some and want to regrow a new set. Perhaps you could get the gene applied in only a small area? Though, if a doctor fucks up they might start a new tooth regrowing right on a healthy tooth, and that might be bad. Also, what might this do to the regrower's jaw bone, since adult teeth embed into the jaw bone?
Teeth tumors incoming.
Teratoma has entered the chat.
I'd advise only reading up on them if you don't mind a bit of body horror, and only doing an image search if you really mean it.
They should pair up with the Japanese team doing something similar.
This is something I started reading about maybe 20 years ago and hoped would be here by now. Seeing "hopefully for my children's children" is disappointing, but probably more realistic than perpetually saying it's 10 years away. Talking' about you, fusion.
Talking' about you, fusion.
Yeah but now it's 5 years away for the next 20 years :D
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