Stem cells have shown great promise because of their ability to be made into many types of cells including heart cells and even neurons.


After culturing the iPSCs, they were mixed with mouse cells and transplanted into the mice’s jawbones. In three weeks “tooth-like structures were recovered,” but with only a 30 percent success rate.


While the experiment may offer hope for those who have lost teeth due to decay or injury, the teeth generated in the process were only about one-third as hard as human teeth.


Harvesting stem cells from urine avoids the controversy of using human embryonic stem cells, but Prof. Chris Mason, a stem cell scientist at University College London, told the BBC that urine does not make for a good source of stem cells and that it is prone to infection.


"You just wouldn't do it in this way", he said.


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Chinese Scientists Grow Teeth From Urine