Tuesday 13 June 2017

Regenerating damaged nerves with 'Pac-Man' cells

A regenerative medicine approach to nerve damage may avoid the downsides of nerve graft surgery. Biomedical engineers filled a tube-like nerve bridge with a biological signal to attract undifferentiated cells destined to become pro-healing macrophages, driving robust regrowth of nerves in rats.

from Engineering and Construction News – ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170612153610.htm



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