Biological tooth substitutes could provide better alternatives to dentures and titanium implants.

For the past two decades, scientists have been manipulating genes to grow human cells where you wouldn’t quite expect them.

In the Tufts study, the bioengineered teeth developed these ligament-like connections, a promising sign that they could one ...

Tufts University researchers took material from human and pig teeth and were able to grow a tooth-like structure. They hope ...

Researchers have developed a way to grow human-sized tooth-like tissues in the mouths of pigs – this may be a lot to chew on, ...

Pigs are the unlikely model for this latest research into regenerating human teeth. Image source: agnormark/Adobe In a recent study, Yelick and her team successfully grew human-like teeth in pigs.

Scientists have successfully grown human-like replacement teeth in a lab setting and implanted them into the mouths of ...

In a paper published in late December, a team at Tufts University reported having successfully grown human-like teeth in pigs. Pamela Yelick, a professor at the Tufts School of Dental Medicine and ...

But researchers may be on track to developing a way to grow new, living teeth replacements. In a paper published in late December, a team at Tufts University reported having successfully grown ...