MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA The treatment of nerve injuries with the aid of nerve guidance conduits has led to the desired regenerative success in some, but by no means all, cases. In a recently published study, a research team from MedUni Vienna and the University of Oxford has used silk as a promising material for...
Tag: <span>Injured Nerves</span>
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How injured nerves stop themselves from healing
by Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum Central nervous system injuries cannot heal for a variety of reasons. Therefore, lifelong disabilities remain. Credit: RUB, Kramer Three main causes for the inability of injured nerves of the central nervous system, or CNS, to regenerate have been known to date: the insufficient activation of a regeneration program in injured nerve cells that stimulates...
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Microscopic worms could provide key to repairing injured nerves
by University of Queensland A tiny worm’s ability to repair damaged nerves could one day help people with nerve injuries such as paralysis, according to University of Queensland research. A team led by Professor Massimo Hilliard, Dr. Rosina Giordano-Santini and Dr. Casey Linton from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute and Dr. Brent Neumann from Monash University has discovered keyinformation on how...