May 26, 2010
Dr. Jeremy Mao, the Edward V. Zegarelli Professor of Dental Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, has unveiled a growth factor-infused, three-dimensional scaffold with the potential to regenerate an anatomically correct tooth in just nine weeks from implantation. By using a procedure developed in the university's Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory, Dr. Mao can direct the body's own stem cells toward the scaffold, which is made of natural materials. Once the stem cells have colonized the scaffold, a tooth can grow in the socket and then merge with the surrounding tissue.Awesome. Now, get moving on similar technology for organs. My favorite part of the huge stem cell argument was that those opposed to fetal stem cells were saying, "there's got to be another way" and a bunch of closed-minded people said, "impossible!"Dr. Mao's technique not only eliminates the need to grow teeth in a Petri dish, but it is the first to achieve regeneration of anatomically correct teeth by using the body's own resources. Factor in the faster recovery time and the comparatively natural process of regrowth (as opposed to implantation), and you have a massively appealing dental treatment.
There were, in fact, many better ways.
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Posted by: Wolfwood at May 26, 2010 01:55 PM (qNLRw)
I do recall seeing one thing where they were listed as possibly being useful, but all the concrete breakthroughs are from other ones that don't require destroying an embryo.
Posted by: Veeshir at May 26, 2010 02:16 PM (NrODv)
I last checked on that about four months ago and I believe that was still the case at that time.
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Posted by: Moron Pundit at May 26, 2010 03:25 PM (GC5S2)
Three years to approove the treatment, five years before insurance covers it. Eight years for the price to come down a bit, and ten years before the TOOTH SHACK open at every walmart super store with $50 Tooth-buds-while-you-wait.
Barring that nannotocracy (nanacracy?) thing, yeah.
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