Repair of neurons
Injury to the nerves of the arms and leg—i.e. the peripheral nervous system—regenerate in a complicated process of [MORE]
Biodegradable device for nerve regeneration
A recent Nature Medicine article, titled “Wireless bioresorbable electronic system enables sustained nonpharmacological neuroregenerative therapy,” describes [MORE]
Schwann Cells
The first bacterium shown to cause a human disease was Mycobacterium leprae—the pathogen that invades the Schwann cells which [MORE]
Neuron in Tissue Culture
According to this piece, neuroscientists at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ont.) assert: “We can actually take a patient’s [MORE]
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, involving three medical centers in Miami, FL, aims to transplant Schwann cells [MORE]