Teeth, kidneys, heart. If we can fully grow these of the patient's dna, that would be mind blowing, and I'd say we're living in the future
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Each time I read another story about them finding how to regrow teeth, I’m reminded of Star Trek 4 where the little old woman grew a new kidney thanks to McCoy giving her a pill and proclaiming they’re in the dark ages.
This is something I started reading about maybe 20 years ago and hoped would be here by now. Seeing "hopefully for my children's children" is disappointing, but probably more realistic than perpetually saying it's 10 years away. Talking' about you, fusion.
Talking' about you, fusion.
Yeah but now it's 5 years away for the next 20 years :D
Forget sharks with lasers, I want a narwhal tusk on my head!
It would be pointing out of your upper lip, though....it needs some kind of root to hold it in place. Better of with some horns, like an ibex or spring buck. Imo.
I just assumed it would be like the Spore creature creator where you can kind of just drag it around until it's in the spot you want (forehead).
Gotta keep it center though, if you drag it to either side it becomes two horns and that means you're the devil.
Do not question my logic.
It's all good, as long as it points forward, and not up, or down...I'd hate to be tripping over it - but it would be so worth it to go around smacking fish for no good reason 😂
imagine it catching every time you walk through a door absent mindedly
I hadn't thought about which direction it'd be pointed, I guess I assumed it would be pointed forwards...as a warning to all of my enemies - especially if they include Artic Char, those guys need to lighten up and let me smack them with my sweet long tooth
Teeth tumors incoming.
Teratoma has entered the chat.
I'd advise only reading up on them if you don't mind a bit of body horror, and only doing an image search if you really mean it.
Future advert: free additive with every packet of meth.
It's just cooked into the future meth. The addicts will have many teeth.
They should pair up with the Japanese team doing something similar.
Would this not require us to only grow baby teeth?
Maybe if a person's already had all their adult teeth removed, then you reactivate the gene instead of giving them dentures? Though, that means you might need all your teeth pulled if you lose some and want to regrow a new set. Perhaps you could get the gene applied in only a small area? Though, if a doctor fucks up they might start a new tooth regrowing right on a healthy tooth, and that might be bad. Also, what might this do to the regrower's jaw bone, since adult teeth embed into the jaw bone?