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    151 year ago

    Toregem’s president Honoka Kiso wrote on the company’s website she had lost teeth due to a bone disease when she was a teenager.

    “I wanted to study the cause of my illness and how to regenerate lost teeth,” she said.

    That’s actually a lot more noble than I expected. They’re aiming to first help those who can’t grow teeth due to genetic before expanding out to people who just have missing teeth.

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      41 year ago

      So once the protein is activated does it stop? Or like turn off once it reaches the correct size? Also how does it know which teeth to grow?

      • @Patches
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        91 year ago

        You turn into a shark with a conveyor belt of razor sharp teeth. Old ones just ‘fall out’ to be replaced regularly.

  • @Peaty
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    51 year ago

    Grow new teeth or replace teeth?