Drug that grew extra teeth in mice enters first human trial

Researchers at Kyoto University Hospital have begun the first human trial of TRG-035, a drug meant to grow new teeth in people who are missing them. Humans keep a set of dormant tooth buds left over after the adult teeth come in, but a protein holds them switched off for life. — Read the rest The post Drug that grew extra teeth in mice enters first human trial appeared first on Boing Boing.