Clinical Trials for Drug That Replaces Missing Teeth Underway

The drug doesn&#x27;t replace teeth, it enables regrowth, or might. Discussions:<p><i>New drug to regenerate lost teeth</i> (25 points, 7 months ago, 4 comments) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=40540852">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=40540852</a><p><i>Japan pharma startup to begin human trials of tooth regrowth drug in 2024</i> (260 points, 2023, 87 comments) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=37638956">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=37638956</a><p><i>Suppressing a gene by using its antibody can lead to tooth growth: animal study</i> (236 points, 2021, 155 comments) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=26641989">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=26641989</a>

&gt; A confident Takahashi argues that the location of a new tooth in a mouth can be controlled, if not pinpointed, by the drug injection site.<p>IIRC there was some other (same?) technique which had a nightmare-fuel issue: It would promote all tooth growth even where you don&#x27;t want it, so you kind of have to be starting with a blank slate...