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Scientists overcome major hurdle in the ability to regrow teeth (www.bbc.com)

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Scientists have taught cell to communicate with each other, allowing them to leave instruction to become a tooth cell. This is seen as a major step in the effort to regrow teeth.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This is something I started reading about maybe 20 years ago and hoped would be here by now. Seeing "hopefully for my children's children" is disappointing, but probably more realistic than perpetually saying it's 10 years away. Talking' about you, fusion.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Talking' about you, fusion.

Yeah but now it's 5 years away for the next 20 years :D