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The ability to regrow your own teeth could be just around the corner. A team of scientists, led by a Japanese pharmaceutical startup, are getting set to start human trials on a new drug that has successfully grown new teeth in animal…

A groundbreaking dental medicine in Japan is progressing towards clinical trials, aiming to become the world's first tooth-regrowing treatment, as reported by the Mainichi, a national news site.The trial will focus on patients affected by…

Seventeen years after S.K. lost his thyroid gland to cancer, he was promised a miracle: acupuncture could regrow the vital organ.Kyung Chun Oh, an acupuncturist based in the Toronto area, claimed he'd performed this wonder before, according…

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Researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have engineered molecules that act like "cellular glue," allowing them to direct in precise fashion how cells bond with each other. The discovery represents a major step toward building tissues and…

Zinc's immune-boosting properties are well-established, but scientists haven't known exactly how it works. In a new study published online March 25 in the journal Blood, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientists reveal two ways the…

Researchers have used sound waves to turn stem cells into bone cells, in a tissue engineering advance that could one day help patients regrow bone lost to cancer or degenerative disease. The innovative stem cell treatment from researchers…

Scientists have regrown missing frog legs using a five-drug cocktail – and they aim to test their technique on mammals next.  On adult frogs, which are naturally unable to regenerate limbs, the team triggered leg regrowth using the drugs,…

Electric knee implants could be the answer for millions of arthritis patients as scientists have been able to regrow cartilage with the help of electrical currents.Bioengineers in Connecticut have developed a tiny mesh implant, about half a…

A spinal cord injury damages the lines of communication between the body and brain, impeding the signals that drive movement and sensation. Injured motor and sensory neurons in the central nervous system -- the brain and spinal cord -- have…