The world's first human trial of a drug that can regenerate teeth will begin in a few months, less than a year on from news of its success in animals. This paves the way for the medicine to be commercially available as early as 2030.
  • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Awesome. I always thought it was unfair that sharks get unlimited teeth while we are limited to two sets.

    Interesting that the treatment is intravenous. I would have thought it would need to be injected locally. I wonder how they ensure that teeth grow only where there are missing teeth, or control what type of tooth grows at a given position?

  • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    It’s won’t be approved by the FDA for 20 years and will cost $80,000 per tooth. They’ll drag out the process of getting a generic out so it’s affordable as long as possible, only for it to them still not be covered by medical insurance, and only 30% by dental if you’re lucky.

    By the time this is actually beneficial to the working class the human race will already be extinct. But at least the stock market will have done great up until the end there.

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      in five years biohackers with 3d printed robot-aided recombinant crispr dna manufacturing will have this shit on order via the darkweb and wet-shop expertise left over from the implosion of the healthcare industry.

      no, wait, that’s william gibson, shit…