'Dentist's dream' of regrowing teeth advances to clinical trials in Japan, says report
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Patients who haven't developed a full set of teeth due to genetics will be eligible, potentially, to participate in future clinical trials for experimental medicine to regrow teeth.
Those eligible to participate in the trial will be patients who have not developed a full set of teeth due to factors that occur during birth, according to the report. Mice that developed only a small number of teeth grew new teeth after they received the antibody medicine. "We are looking forward to seeing further development of the technology."
The medical term for the genetic condition is known as anodontia, meaning the complete absence of teeth; in partial anodontia, people are missing some of their teeth, according to the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD).
Critically endangered whale seen off California coast: 'Every sighting is incredibly valuable to us'
In a rare sighting recently, the endangered North Pacific right whale was spotted off the coast of California by a marine wildlife team near Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.