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Scientists have grown rudimentary teeth out of the most unlikely of sources, human urine.
The results, published in Cell Regeneration Journal, showed that urine could be used as a source of stem cells that in turn could be grown into tiny tooth-like structures.
The team from China hopes the technique could be developed into a way of replacing lost teeth.
Other stem cell researchers caution that that goal faces many challenges.
Teams of researchers around the world are looking for ways of growing new teeth to replace those lost with age and poor dental hygiene.
Stem cells - the master cells which can grow into any type of tissue - are a popular area of research.
The group at the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health used urine as the starting point.
Cells which are normally passed from the body, such as those from the lining of the body's waterworks, are harvested in the laboratory. These collected cells are then coaxed into becoming stem cells.
A mix of these cells and other material from a mouse was implanted into the animals.
The researchers said that after three weeks the bundle of cells started to resemble a tooth: "The tooth-like structure contained dental pulp, dentin, enamel space and enamel organ."
However, the "teeth" were not as hard as natural teeth.
This piece of research is not immediately going to lead to new options for the dentist, but the researchers say it could lead to further studies towards "the final dream of total regeneration of human teeth for clinical therapy".
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[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23492425]Article (BBC)[/url]
Bear Grylls joke
[QUOTE=Mr. Zombie;41650977]Bear Grylls joke[/QUOTE]
Stop taking the piss out of him.
This gives the term "potty mouth" a whole new meaning.
[sp]I'm terribly sorry.[/sp]
Yellow teeth just became a whole lot grosser.
Brb pulling teeth out.
[QUOTE=Mr. Zombie;41650977]Bear Grylls joke[/QUOTE]
And here we've made these teeth from YOU-RHINE.
We have figured out we can get stem cells out of urine like months if not years ago, I think that back then it was mainly connected with neuron production (making neurons out of piss), I presume this is just continuation and or builds upon that previous research.
Awesome, nonetheless.
I'm missing 13 teeth. I'll gladly down a bottle of piss to have them back.
Vagina Dentata
[QUOTE=MaddaCheeb;41651837]Vagina Dentata[/QUOTE]
oh god no pls
I know alot of people who lost roughly 12 or more teeth, this could be good news for them. The only reason they can't get new teeth is because they're expensive as fuck, atleast here in Argentina.
Urine is cheap anyways, right?
[QUOTE=MrHeadHopper;41651997]I know alot of people who lost roughly 12 or more teeth, this could be good news for them. The only reason they can't get new teeth is because they're expensive as fuck, atleast here in Argentina.
Urine is cheap anyways, right?[/QUOTE]
About $0.38 US per gallon, last I checked.
This would be great if refined, I've always had a minor fear of having teeth knocked out or otherwise being lost.
[QUOTE=MrHeadHopper;41651997]I know alot of people who lost roughly 12 or more teeth, this could be good news for them. The only reason they can't get new teeth is because they're expensive as fuck, atleast here in Argentina.
Urine is cheap anyways, right?[/QUOTE]
Urine is pretty much free seeing as how you piss it out 4 times (or so) a day
[QUOTE=Carnotite;41652106]About $0.38 US per gallon, last I checked.
This would be great if refined, I've always had a minor fear of having teeth knocked out or otherwise being lost.[/QUOTE]
It's not like you can put piss through a filter and out comes a tooth, it's probably way more expensive to make teeth like this instead of regular dentures.
They made the cells into stem cells. You could do that with literally any other part of the body.
[QUOTE=Krinkels;41652171]It's not like you can put piss through a filter and out comes a tooth, it's probably way more expensive to make teeth like this instead of regular dentures.[/QUOTE]
if there was a filter like that i would totally put it over my toilet
[QUOTE=Alxnotorious;41652239]They made the cells into stem cells. You could do that with literally any other part of the body.[/QUOTE]
But urine is a pretty much infinite source that doesn't require going inside the body to retrieve
[QUOTE=Xenoyia v2;41652442]But urine is a pretty much infinite source that doesn't require going inside the body to retrieve[/QUOTE]
Yeah...I guess it's still better than poop steak.
And there was much rejoicing in Britain.
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:I
[QUOTE=QwertySecond;41654039]And there was much rejoicing in Britain.[/QUOTE]
And all Americans are fat gun-toting slobs with a McDonalds on every corner, right? :downs:
[QUOTE=draugur;41687815]And all Americans are fat gun-toting slobs with a McDonalds on every corner, right? :downs:[/QUOTE]
Hey those brits make the same jokes every time a thread pops up about making cheeseburgers from piss cells.
[QUOTE=Mr. Zombie;41650977]Bear Grylls joke[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;41651000]Yellow teeth just became a whole lot grosser.[/QUOTE]
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