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Humans may one day regrow their own teeth
Humans may be able to regrow their own teeth in the same way as a cichlid fish in Malawi Lake, according to a new research.
Washington: Humans may be able to regrow their own teeth in the same way as a cichlid fish in Malawi Lake, according to a new research.
Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, studied the chemicals that change cells into teeth and taste buds in embryonic fish and they hope their research would help turn on the tooth regrowing mechanism in humans.
The cichlid fish can maintain their teeth throughout their adult lives. Scientists found that the teeth and taste buds grow from the same surface tissues in embryonic fish. Unlike humans fish have no tongues so their taste buds are mixed in with their teeth.
The cichlids have adapted their teeth and taste buds to thrive in their unique living conditions. While one species eats plankton and needs only a few teeth because it swallows it whole,
another lives on algae which has to be scraped from rocky lake formations -- needing many more teeth and more taste buds to distinguish food.
By studying the genetic differences in the fish -- and mice -- the scientists believe it is possible the same tissue in humans could also be able to regenerate new teeth.
