British scientists grow tooth in a laboratory | BBC News

Scientists from King's College London have managed to grow a tooth under laboratory conditions.

While this breakthrough is still a long way from filling in the gaps in anyone's mouth, researchers say it is filling in the gaps in research.

The team worked in collaboration with Imperial College London, and have now successfully introduced a special type of material that enables cells to communicate between each other..

This means that one cell can effectively tell another to start becoming a tooth cell, which mimics the environment of growing teeth and allows scientists to recreate the process of tooth development in the lab.

Having successfully created the environment needed to grow teeth, scientists now need to work out how to get them from the lab to a patient's mouth.



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[Zigazaga]

I asked my dentist about this years ago he said we weren’t close, what a difference 5 years makes.

[AasaaL]

That would be so amazing if fully achieved. Life-changing for so many people

[FrostekFerenczy]

Making enamel has always been the difficult part, and these guys seem like they've solved it.

[Zeppelin_lV]

Let's get it done! Push and do it in 2 years or less. Funding should be given immediately, Not wasted on going to Mars or the space station.

[NLPexperts]

Japan did it better, they got teeth to actually attach and regrow. Currently in clinical trials.

[andycarr]

Newsreader; “It might soon be possible”.
Expert; “not in my lifetime, maybe for my children’s children”.
Not that soon then.

[_AdventureClub_]

Can't wait to sell my house for a teeth in the UK.

[mujunifred]

After growing tooth in lab, it will take number of decades for transplant trial

[caesar]

Big improvement from the victorian practice of removing healthy teeth from impoverished people.

[fritzdeuces]

The Japanese have discovered how to re-grow missing teeth.... that's way better

[jacobadampilmore]

i can't wait to sink my teeth into this video.

[sweet-beaks]

2:37 you know she was dying to use that line

[stephenpeat]

Japan has started to grow teeth in their university. The have grown new teeth in dogs and mice and trials have started in humans.

[GolnazJamsheed]

This sounds like a game-changer, but I doubt it’ll be available to the public anytime soon. Too many industries (like dentistry) would lose out. Honestly, if I could regrow my teeth instead of going through painful, expensive procedures that ruin gums and never feel the same, I’d be first in line.

[supahfly_uk]

She said she thinks in 30 years it might be ready yeah that's quite a while.

[andresiaw]

Just hope my root canal-ed tooth can last long enough to replace with my own new grown

[uyskutzu]

British scientists ... proceeds to show Asian and European scientists 😂

[JH-cknr]

That would be amazing, especially as most people cannot even get a dentist.

[adam_p]

British scientists still leading the world

[YoubetheCook]

This is amazing! I hope it's going to be affordable.