Saturday, October 31, 2009

Do you think stem cell research will lead to regrowing teeth?

If they can manipulate cells to become different organs, do you think in the future we will once again be able to regrow our teeth so it is the natural look when we are older or have had problems?
Answer:
Yes, tooth regeneration is possible.The last time I heard about it, research is ongoing at the University of Texas at Austin's Molecular Biology department, where they have actually grown a tooth in a petri dish.It will be at least 20 years though before tooth regeneration becomes a procedure available to the general public.The tooth is indeed formed by a "tooth organ." A tooth organ develops from neural tissue in the embryo, and there are various tooth-forming cells in the tooth organ such as ameloblasts (lays down enamel) and odontoblasts (lays down dentin).We'll see what the future brings. :-D
NO
i think in future people can have teeth like dracula
I doubt it. Teeth aren't organs, so I don't know if it would even be possible. Stem cell research is far more likely to be focused on treatments for life-threatening conditions anyway.
yes they will surely succeed one day, A stem cell from organs and tissues after birth (including umbilical cord and placenta) that can renew itself and transform into other specialized cell types.
several stem cell therapies are routinely used to treat disease today?These include:Adult Stem Cell Transplant: Bone Marrow Stem Cells
Adult Stem Cell Transplant: Peripheral Blood Stem Cells
Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplant
There's a new high-tech version of the tooth fairy, but some scientists aren't ready to bite.
Austin-based startup company BioEden Inc. has opened the nation's first baby tooth bank, which harvests and freezes stem cells from a tooth's pulp. The hope is that the cells may someday be useful to treat disease or heal paralyzing spinal cord injuries.Currently, it's not clear whether such cells could do anything more than help grow the dentin that could be used to reconstruct a broken tooth. Scientists say it will take at least five to 10 years to find out.
But for a $595 processing fee and $89 a year for storage, BioEden will harvest and cryogenically preserve the cells until scientists find a use for them.

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