September 2, 2011 News General News

Powering prosthetics with thoughts alone

by ken

Before the end of this decade, stem cell research will enable regeneration of tooth structure/teeth. While in the context of our field the implications are extraordinary, consider what our confreres in other health disciplines are doing….it’s mind boggling.  STORY HIGHLIGHTS…

August 27, 2011 News Stem cell research

#1000 – from the Eretz

by ken

Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world  Tel Aviv University‘s Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine isolated oral mucosa cells and manipulated them into stem cells.  These…

May 10, 2011 News Stem cell research

Blood vessel cells aid tissue repair

by ken

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April 15, 2011 News Stem cell research

Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells Hook into Biocoral Scaffold Forming an Engineered Biocomplex

by ken

Mangano C et al.  From Plos One – accelerating the publication of peer-reviewed science. The aim of this study was to evaluate the behavior of human Dental Pulp Stem Cells (DPSCs), as well as human osteoblasts,when challenged on a Biocoral…

April 3, 2011 News Stem cell research

Regenerative Dentistry

by ken

From Dental Tribune The First International Conference on Dental and Craniofacial Stem Cells will take place April 27 to 29 in New York City. (DTI/Photo NYC and Company) Mar 29, 2011 | USA International conference on dental and craniofacial stem…

March 10, 2011 News General NewsInnovations in dentistryPathologyStem cell researchTrends in Dentistry

Stem Cells from Teeth Produce Insulin in Diabetes Study

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Lexington, MA (PRWEB) March 9, 2011 Store-A-Tooth (TM) commends the scientists who report in the Journal of Dental Research (JDR) that stem cells from teeth can be transformed into cells that produce insulin in a glucose-dependent manner–a significant step toward…

February 19, 2011 News Stem cell research

What goes on in Vegas, doesn’t necessarily stay in Vegas – uh oh!!!!

by ken

Research into the collection and use of dental stem cells are in the early phase,but already some are saying the future is promising. In Las Vegas,a couple of dentists will pull children’s teeth to ship them off so the stem…

November 10, 2010 News Stem cell research

The whole tooth and nothing but the tooth

by ken

Mey Alhabib’s mice just might put the Tooth Fairy out of business. Alhabib (SDM’12,’14),a postdoctoral student and endodontic resident at BU’s Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, and her research supervisor, George Huang, the Herbert Schilder Chair in Endodontics…

May 24, 2010 News Stem cell research

Dental stem cell potential explored

by ken

The purpose of this blog for now is to stimulate commentary that leads to postings of the latest information on the topics under discussion. The goal is collaboration from Canadian dentists on their wants and needs. It will find it’s…