The Japanese researcher who wanted to regrow teeth

First, we imagine a mad scientist, like this Italian neurosurgeon who aims to transplant heads. But Katsu Takahashi may have the astonishing project of “growing back” teeth and being somewhat alone in the world in following this path, he is in reality anything but a weirdo. « He is a teacher-researcher who has hypotheses, on which he has worked very seriously for many years. He has several publications to his credit and has obtained interesting results »estimates Professor Céline Gaucher, dental surgeon specializing in rare diseases at Henri-Mondor hospital (AP-HP) and at the University of Paris Cité. « He was one of the first to change perspective a little. In most research teams, the hypothesis is rather to recreate a tooth againwhich could then be reintroduced into the patients’ mouths. There has been great progress, but we are not yet on the verge of putting a…