Japanese Scientists Develop Groundbreaking Drug That Grows New Teeth

This groundbreaking drug enters clinical trials in 2024 and is scheduled to be available to consumers by 2030.
Japanese Scientists Develop Groundbreaking Drug That Grows New Teeth
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Emma Suttie
Emma Suttie
D.Ac, AP
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A team of Japanese scientists has developed a groundbreaking drug that stimulates the growth of new teeth—the first of its kind in the world.

Dr. Katsu Takahashi, lead researcher, co-founder of Toregem Biopharma, and head of dentistry and oral surgery at the Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital in Osaka, Japan, has been working on how to induce the growth of new teeth his entire career.
Emma Suttie
Emma Suttie
D.Ac, AP
Emma is an acupuncture physician and has written extensively about health for multiple publications over the past decade. She is now a health reporter for The Epoch Times, covering Eastern medicine, nutrition, trauma, and lifestyle medicine.
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