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Re:'Tooth repair drug' may replace fillings by 13of40 on Monday January 09, 2017 @09:33PM (#13362058)
Reminds me of a successful experiment where they caused mice to develop an immunity to plaque bacteria. I read about that in a dental training manual I found in a thrift shop about 20 years ago. Had photos of healthy rat teeth and everything.
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Re:'Tooth repair drug' may replace fillings by sobani on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @08:00AM (#13364478)
According to a researcher on a recent Radiolab episode[1], 99.6% of results on mice don't replicate to humans. I assume for rats a similar figure applies.

[1] http://www.radiolab.org/story/bringing-gamma-back (about treating Alzheimer’s disease with light)

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