Artificial nerve grafts made from spider silk

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people suffer from paralyzed limbs as a result of peripheral nerve injury. Recently, implantation of artificial nerve grafts has become the method of choice for repairing damaged peripheral nerves. Grafts can lead to some degree of functional recovery when a short segment of nerve is damaged. But they are […]
Source: Neurophilosophy - Category: Neurologists Authors: Tags: Materials Science Neuroscience Tissue Engineering Source Type: blogs