The patient: Dr. John Graham, a professor of medical genetics and pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles
The symptoms: Most newborn babies don’t have any teeth, but Graham already had a few when he was born. These teeth fell out very shortly…

The patient: Dr. John Graham, a professor of medical genetics and pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles
The symptoms: Most newborn babies don’t have any teeth, but Graham already had a few when he was born. These teeth fell out very shortly…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.
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