Can You Regrow Your Teeth? Bad Effects of Mouthwash

Hey look, scientists have found a way for people to grow some new teeth? Seriously? As in, is that for real? Well, it may take some time before it happens but if the scientists succeed, we would all be saying goodbye to them dentures?

At this point, the scientists have identified the gene – a “transcription factor” called Ctip2 – which makes you, me and our cousin Joe produce tooth enamel. Further studies in the future will tell us whether we can actually regrow the teeth we’ve lost to the tooth fairy.

From Daily Mail:
Experiments in mice have previously shown that the gene, a ‘transcription factor’ called Ctip2, is involved in the immune system and in the development of skin and nerves. The latest research, from Oregon State University in the U.S., adds enamel production to the list.

Researcher Dr Chrissa Kioussi said: “It’s not unusual for a gene to have multiple functions, but before this we didn’t know what regulated the production of tooth enamel. This is the first transcription factor ever found to control the formation and maturation of ameloblasts, which are the cells that secrete enamel.

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HIV in Sports: Mutampuka vs. Limond Canceled Due to HIV Fears

Is there a rule that one can’t fight in the boxing ring if one tests positive for HIV? Apparently there is. Why else would they cancel the showdown between Godwin Mutampuka and Willie Limond?

If a boxer tests positive for HIV, should that fact be broadcast for the whole world to know? In the case of Zambian boxer Godwin Mutampuka, someone leaked the information because the word is out. If we were him, we would sue whoever leaked the information. But then again, maybe the practice is allowed in boxing. What do we know?

From the Scottish Sun: WILLIE LIMOND’S world title fight with Godwin Mutampuka was called off yesterday — amidst fears the Zambian has tested positive for HIV.

The WBU lightweight showdown, scheduled for this evening at Paisley’s Lagoon Leisure Centre, had to be scrapped after Mutampuka failed a routine British Boxing Board of Control medical ahead of the clash with Glasgow scrapper Limond.

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Jerry Seinfeld in the Marriage Ref, Shirtless Pic, & Fashion Style

Jerry Seinfeld is back. But, he’s not really back. Well he’s back doing television work but not in front of the camera.

Welcome back Jerry! We’re not sure though whether we like the concept of your “The Marriage Ref” reality show. Couples squabbling on camera? Don’t we have a lot of that stuff already: Paula vs Simon, Paula vs. Kara, Simon vs. Ryan, Survivor Castaway 1 vs. Survivor Castaway 2, Femi vs. Chris in Bromance, Tyra’s guests on her show, Amazing Race teammates, Sharon Osbourne vs. anyone, and many many other reality show squabbles.

But hey, maybe Jerry will have something new to show us. We look forward to it.

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CNN Lists the World’s Most Powerful Women in Business

CNN has compiled a list of the “world’s” most powerful women in business. We put “world” in quotes because when CNN says “world” they actually mean “American” [and maybe some of western Europe].

So are these really the most powerful women in business? Well, in the western-centric view of CNN, they are. Oh, don’t say, “But Indra Nooyi is Indian” to defend CNN’s western-centrism.

1 Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo
2 Irene Rosenfeld, Kraft Foods
3 Pat Woertz, Archer Daniels Midland
4 Anne Mulcahy, Xerox
5 Angela Braly, Wellpoint
6 Andrea Jung, Avon Products
7 Susan Arnold, Procter & Gamble
8 Oprah Winfrey, Harpo
9 Brenda Barnes, Sara Lee
10 Ursula Burns, Xerox
11 Ann Livermore, Hewlett-Packard
12 Anne Sweeney, Walt Disney
13 Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Genentech
14 Ginni Rometty, IBM
15 Ellen Kullman, Dupont
16 Safra Catz, Oracle
17 Heidi Miller, J.P. Morgan Chase
18 Judy McGrath, Viacom
19 Carol Meyrowitz, TJX
20 Ann Moore, Time Inc.
21 Christina Gold, Western Union
22 Amy Brinkley, Bank of America
23 Susan Ivey, Reynolds American
24 Colleen Goggins, Johnson & Johnson
25 Susan Chambers, Wal-Mart
26 Charlene Begley, General Electric
27 Barbara Desoer, Bank of America
28 Abigail Johnson, Fidelity
29 Pamela Nicholson, Enterprise
30 Liz Smith, Avon Products
31 Joanne Maguire, Lockheed Martin
32 Carrie Cox, Global Pharmaceuticals, Schering-Plough
33 Cece Sutton, Wachovia
34 Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook
35 Meredith Whitney, Oppenheimer & Co.
36 Jan Fields, McDonald’s USA, McDonald’s
37 Melanie Healey, Procter & Gamble
38 Lisa Weber, MetLife
39 Sue Decker, Yahoo
40 Claire Babrowski, Toys “R” Us
41 Kathleen Murphy, ING
42 Deirdre Connelly, Eli Lilly
43 Nancy Peretsman, Allen & Co.
44 Sherilyn McCoy, Johnson & Johnson
45 Gail Boudreaux, UnitedHealth Group
46 Lorrie Norrington, eBay
47 Terri Dial, Citigroup
48 Lynn Elsenhans, Sunoco
49 Cathie Black, Hearst Magazines
50 Marissa Mayer, Google

Hot Men Rio Carnival: Dancing Muscle Hunks, Golden Boys, Kissing Gays

Hot Men Rio Carnival: Dancing Muscle Hunks, Golden Boys, Kissing Gays. The most important man in the Rio Carnival 2009 is probably Brazilian President Lula da Silva but we are more interested in the male dancers than in the Brazilian Prez.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Sorry, Lula, we love you, we love your leftist politics but when the Rio de Janeiro festival comes around forgive us if all we do is gawk at sexy hunky nearly naked men with great washboard abs. Hehe.

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