Dental

To reach the study findings, the researchers at the Nagoya University implanted dental pulp stem cells into rats with damaged spines, and observed some movements in their motionless legs.

Commenting on the new study’s results, co-study author and chairman of social and behavioral sciences at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, Dr. Burton Edelstein, said in a press statement:

“People shouldn’t be scared by this. The amount of exposure is extremely low. And the layer that contains BPA can be wiped off with cotton or rinsed off with a stream of water that can then be suctioned away by the dental assistant.”

Initiated by a team of researchers from the University of Granada in Spain, the present study provides the forensic police with a second option for identification of a corpse apart from the already used method of DNA testing.

“There is sufficient dental diversity between people to enable a scientifically-based human identification method to be developed for forensic purposes," informed the lead author of the present study, Stella Martin de las Heras who is also a professor of dentistry at the University.