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Clinical Trial for Tooth-Growing Medicine to Begin in Japan

CosmicTaco · 2024-08-25T19:34:11.184730+05:30

- Researchers in Kansai, including Kitano Hospital and Kyoto University Hospital, will start clinical trials next month for a medicine to grow teeth. - The trials will first test the drug on adult men who have lost back teeth, then on children with congenital anodontia. - About 1 in 100 people suffer from congenital anodontia, and there is no fundamental treatment for it currently. - The drug inhibits the protein USAG-1, which suppresses tooth growth, and has shown success in mice and dogs. - Clinical trials will run through August next year, with the aim to make the treatment practical by 2030. Source: [The Japan Times](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/23/japan/science-health/teeth-regrowth-trial/)

Researchers in Kansai, including Kitano Hospital and Kyoto University Hospital, will start clinical trials next month for a medicine to grow teeth.
The trials will first test the drug on adult men who have lost back teeth, then on children with congenital anodontia.
About 1 in 100 people suffer from congenital anodontia, and there is no fundamental treatment for it currently.
The drug inhibits the protein USAG-1, which suppresses tooth growth, and has shown success in mice and dogs.
Clinical trials will run through August next year, with the aim to make the treatment practical by 2030.

Source: The Japan Times