World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September - eviltoast
  • Etterra@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It’s won’t be approved by the FDA for 20 years and will cost $80,000 per tooth. They’ll drag out the process of getting a generic out so it’s affordable as long as possible, only for it to them still not be covered by medical insurance, and only 30% by dental if you’re lucky.

    By the time this is actually beneficial to the working class the human race will already be extinct. But at least the stock market will have done great up until the end there.

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      in five years biohackers with 3d printed robot-aided recombinant crispr dna manufacturing will have this shit on order via the darkweb and wet-shop expertise left over from the implosion of the healthcare industry.

      no, wait, that’s william gibson, shit…