Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have shown that treatment using gene therapy leads to a faster recovery afte... Read more
Researchers demonstrate first example of a bioelectronic medicine Northwestern University and Washington University School of Medicine have developed the first example of a bioelectronic med... Read more
Biological Sciences Assistant Project Scientist Kyung Won Kim (left) and Professor Yishi Jin. Discovery Offers New Genetic Pathway for Injured Nerve Regeneration On the hunt for genes involv... Read more
Regenerating Damaged Nerves with “Pac-Man” Cells Biomedical engineers have found an unlikely ally in the struggle to regrow damaged nerves—the foot soldiers of the body’s i... Read more
Releasing molecular brake allowed damaged neurons to regenerate Injuries to the spinal cord can cause paralysis and other permanent disabilities because severed nerve fibers do not regrow. N... Read more
Research could help more than 200,000 people annually who suffer from nerve injuries or disease A national team of researchers has developed a first-of-its-kind, 3D-printed guide that helps... Read more
Scientists hope to give people back the use of disabled arms and legs after a world-first breakthrough allowing them to regrow the missing nerves in rats. Trials of the technology are still... Read more
TAU researchers develop implant to regenerate nerves Some parts of the body, like the liver, can regenerate themselves after damage. But others, such as our nervous system, are considered ei... Read more
This was a promising result for developing potential therapies One molecule makes nerve cells grow longer. Another one makes them grow branches. These new experimental manipulations have tak... Read more
