Combination of surgical techniques, electrical stimulation and drug discovery could help more people recover from nerve injuries and illnesses. University of Alberta researchers and physicians aim to combine their expertise in surgery, electrical stimulation, and drug discovery to help more people recover more quickly from nerve injuries and illnesses. Nerve regrowth is very slow, at...
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Researchers discover way to switch on and speed up tendon healing
by National University of Ireland, Galway CÚRAM Implantable Stimulator Device showing piezoelectric material and insert image of fiber scaffold taken using a scanning electron microscpe. Credit: Manus Biggs/Marc Fernandez Researchers at CÚRAM, the SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices based at NUI Galway, have shown how the simple act of walking can power an implantable stimulator device to speed...
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How to speed up muscle repair
by University of California – San Diego Skeletal muscle fibers. Credit: Berkshire Community College Bioscience Image Library / Public domain A study led by researchers at the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering provides new insights for developing therapies for muscle disease, injury and atrophy. By studying how different pluripotent stem cell lines build muscle, researchers have...