Could fish help us grow teeth? It seems like an unusual question, but researchers at the University of Manitoba are looking into just that.
The Rady Biomedical Fish Facility in the Rady Faculty of Health Science s is a $2.5-million lab housing about 2,500 tropical fish housed in hundreds of tanks. The two species of fish — Mexican tetras and zebrafish — are “leaders” of regenerative medicine, Benjamin Lindsey says.
“We’re getting the feeling that there’s some common mechanisms or overarching regenerative programming that might be common in the zebrafish, spinal cord brain and perhaps other organs that might be kind of the ticket to trying to some new discoveries and therapeutic strategies in humans down the road.”As part of the research, Lindsey adds fluorescent “tags” to some of the fish’s cells. The tags allow researchers to observe those cells as they are involved in the repair and regeneration process.
Atukorallaya’s research also looks at how environment shapes a fish’s tooth and jaw development. Mexican tetras that live in caves do not have eyes, but grow larger teeth and jaws than those that live in environments with more light. Atukorallaya’s research also looks at how eyes are connected to tooth development.
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