These Mini-Pigs Just Grew Human-Like Teeth—Here’s Why It Matters
That must have been one heck of a toothy smile—imagine regular pig teeth growing next to bioengineered human-ish ones. After ...
Humans Accelerate Evolution More Than Thought: Pig Skulls Have Changed Shape
Selective breeding over the past century has shortened and flattened the snouts of German domestic pigs. Though not an ...
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Human-like Teeth Grown in Pigs Could Make Dental Implants a Thing of the Past
In the Tufts study, the bioengineered teeth developed these ligament-like connections, a promising sign that they could one ...
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Researchers grew human-like teeth in pigs with bioengineering
In order to get closer to a potential solution, the researchers behind the study turned to pigs, who can grow five or six sets of teeth compared to humans' two sets. The scientists combined human ...
Deadly virus that can spread to humans is detected at two piggeries - here's what you need to know
A deadly mosquito-borne virus that can spread to and kill humans has been detected at two Queensland pig farms.
Are octopuses smarter than pigs? Should we eat them? Oregon bill to ban octopus farms stirs controversy
The bill has drawn enormous public support but also raised fundamental questions about the intelligence of all the animals ...
Dentists could grow you new teeth with new method tested in pigs
Dentists could one day regrow human teeth instead of replacing them with false implants, according to scientists who have ...
How you could regrow your own teeth instead of having dentures
Human-like teeth grown in four months in study combining cells from pigs and humans to make replacement for implants ...
Why U.S. ranchers and farmers are alarmed about Canada's destructive "super pigs"
One expert says these so-called "super pigs" — wild boars that were deliberately bred with domestic pigs – are an "ecological trainwreck." ...
Japanese encephalitis virus – JEV – detected at two Queensland piggeries
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) has been detected at two Queensland piggeries. Biosecurity Queensland issued an alert ...