Researchers at CAS Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health grow human teeth-like structures from iPS cells

Jul 30, 2013

Directed by Dr PEI Duanqing, the iPS cells were isolated from human urine and expanded with dental mesenchymal cells isolated from mouse embryos. After 3 weeks, tooth like structures including dental enamel, dentin, dental pulp and cementum were formed though not adequate yet in view of hardness.

Cell Regeneration 2013, 2:6 doi:10.1186/2045-9769-2-6 Published: 30 July 2013

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