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Experimental drug that regrows teeth could be ready by decade’s end
Scientists in Japan have developed a drug that can regrow teeth, and they’re nearly ready to begin human trials.
While conducting research on mice a few ago, the team discovered those rodents missing the gene needed to produce the protein USAG-1 would grow extra teeth.
USAG-1 works with other proteins to prevent tooth growth, the group found. Their experimental drug blocks one of these…