By Ben Coxworth June 08, 2022 A majority of test subjects reported a significant reduction in pain after receiving interventional cryoneurolysis treatmentDepositphotosVIEW 1 IMAGES Nerve damage can result in pain that lasts for years, or even a lifetime. There may be new hope, however, as scientists now report that exposing damaged nerves to a cold...
by University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers have created a biodegradable nerve guide—a polymer tube—filled with growth-promoting protein that can regenerate long sections of damaged nerves, without the need for transplanting stem cells or a donor nerve. So far, the technology has been tested in monkeys, and the results of those...
