{"id":35316,"date":"2026-05-10T14:16:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/japanese-scientists-are-creating-a-drug-that-can-grow-new-teeth\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T14:16:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:16:06","slug":"japanese-scientists-are-creating-a-drug-that-can-grow-new-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/japanese-scientists-are-creating-a-drug-that-can-grow-new-teeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese scientists are creating a drug that can grow new teeth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/teeth.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>In Japan, biopharmaceutical company Toregem Biopharma, funded by Kyoto University, is developing a drug that could help people with tooth loss.<\/p>\n<p>The path to this discovery began in 2007, when a team of scientists discovered that a lack of the USAG-1 gene in mice led to the development of extra teeth. This led the researchers to hypothesize that blocking the USAG-1 protein with a drug could activate tooth regeneration even in people who were born with or had problems with tooth development.<\/p>\n<p>First, the team tested antibodies against USAG-1 in mice and then developed humanized anti-USAG-1 antibodies, which showed success in stimulating tooth growth in mice and dogs.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports from The Japan Times, the drug has also been tested in weasels, with similar positive results.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the drug is entering the phase of clinical trials in humans.<\/p>\n<p>In the first phase, this year, it is being tested in healthy adults to assess its safety. In the next phase, it is expected to be tested in children from 2 to 6 years old who were born without some or all permanent teeth.<\/p>\n<p>If these trials are successful, the drug may be approved and used in the future in dentistry around the world.<\/p>\n<p>We use cookies to improve the experience and display advertisements (Google AdSense).<br \/>\n          By clicking &#8220;Accept&#8221;, you agree to the use of cookies according to<br \/>\n          Privacy Policy<br \/>\n          and<br \/>\n          Cookies Policy.<br \/>\n          You can reject non-necessary cookies by clicking &#8220;Reject&#8221;.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Japan, biopharmaceutical company Toregem Biopharma, funded by Kyoto University, is developing a drug that could help people with tooth loss. The path to this discovery began in 2007, when a team of scientists discovered that a lack of the USAG-1 gene in mice led to the development of extra teeth. This led the researchers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-20"],"views":65,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35318,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35316\/revisions\/35318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}