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Cells Culled from Adults May Grow Human Bone
April 2, 2013 Preparations are underway for the first known human trial to use embryonic-like stem cells collected from adult cells to grow ... > full story -
Early Prehistoric Marine Reptiles: Evidence of a Placodont That Originated in Europe
March 27, 2013 Placodonts were among the first marine reptiles. With their trademark crushing teeth, they fed on shellfish and crustaceans. However, when and where these highly specialized marine reptiles ... > full story -
Human Microbe Study Provides Insight Into Health, Disease
March 18, 2013 Microbes from the human mouth are telling scientists something about periodontitis and more after they cracked the genetic code of bacteria linked to the ... > full story -
Fluoride in Drinking Water Cuts Tooth Decay in Adults, Study Shows
March 11, 2013 A new study has produced the strongest evidence yet that fluoride in drinking water provides dental health benefits to adults, even those who had not received fluoridated drinking water as ... > full story -
Biological Tooth Replacement Is a Step Closer
March 8, 2013 Scientists have developed a new method of replacing missing teeth with a bioengineered material generated from a person's own gum cells. Current implant-based methods of whole tooth replacement fail ... > full story -
Herbal Defluoridation of Drinking Water
March 5, 2013 Researchers in India have developed a filter system based on a medicinal herb, which they say can quickly and easily remove "fluoride" from drinking water. The technology uses parts of the plant ... > full story -
'True Grit' Erodes Assumptions About Evolution of Earth's First Grasslands
March 4, 2013 New work in Argentina where scientists had previously thought Earth's first grasslands emerged 38 million years ago, shows the area at the time covered with tropical forests rich with palms, bamboos ... > full story -
Postmenopausal Women Who Smoked Are More Likely to Lose Teeth Due to Periodontal Disease
March 1, 2013 Postmenopausal women who have smoked are at much higher risk of losing their teeth than women who never smoked, according to a new ... > full story -
Multiple Tests Needed to Detect Infection in Low Birth-Weight Newborns, Study Suggests
February 20, 2013 New research finds that cultures commonly used to detect bacterial infections in low birth-weight newborns with early onset sepsis may actually overlook some ... > full story -
Gains Made Towards Treatment of Rare Bone Disease
February 20, 2013 Diagnosed in toddlers, X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) is the most common form of heritable rickets, in which soft bones bend and deform, and tooth abscesses develop because infections penetrate soft ... > full story
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