{"id":231629,"date":"2026-02-19T13:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/scientists-may-let-you-regrow-teeth-by-2030"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:06:32","slug":"scientists-may-let-you-regrow-teeth-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/scientists-may-let-you-regrow-teeth-by-2030","title":{"rendered":"Scientists May Let You Regrow Teeth by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/231629?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sink your teeth into this.<\/p>\n<p>Japanese scientists are advancing human clinical trials of a drug that could allow people to regrow lost teeth.<\/p>\n<p>The treatment targets a gene called USAG1, which normally shuts down tooth development after your adult teeth come in. By blocking that gene, researchers are essentially restarting the body\u2019s natural tooth-growth process.<\/p>\n<p>Phase I trials began in September 2024 with 30 adult men missing at least one tooth. If successful, the treatment could potentially be available by around 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Dentures? Implants?<br \/> What if you could just\u2026 grow a new tooth?<\/p>\n<p>Would you try this?<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/scientists-may-let-you-regrow-teeth-by-2030\">Continue reading \u201cScientists May Let You Regrow Teeth by 2030\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sink your teeth into this. Japanese scientists are advancing human clinical trials of a drug that could allow people to regrow lost teeth. The treatment targets a gene called USAG1, which normally shuts down tooth development after your adult teeth come in. By blocking that gene, researchers are essentially restarting the body\u2019s natural tooth-growth process. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}