News tagged with nerve regeneration
Scientists hope tiny tubes can help repair damaged nerves
Aug 16, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Glasgow are hoping to use tiny fabricated tubes to help damaged nerves heal themselves.
Spun-sugar fibers spawn sweet technique for nerve repair
Feb 26, 2009 |
4.9 / 5 (7) |
2
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a technique using spun-sugar filaments to create a scaffold of tiny synthetic tubes that might serve as conduits to regenerate nerves severed in accidents or ...
Hope for Restoring Injured Nerves: Biologists ID Gene, Pathway for Nerve Regeneration in Worms
Jan 22, 2009 |
4 / 5 (4) |
1
University of Utah scientists identified a worm gene that is essential for damaged nerve cells to regenerate, and showed they could speed nerve regeneration by over-activating the gene - a step toward new ...
Search results for nerve regeneration
Plasma produces KO cocktail for MRSA
Nov 26, 2009 |
4.9 / 5 (12) |
2
MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) and other drug-resistant bacteria could face annihilation as low-temperature plasma prototype devices have been developed to offer safe, quick, easy and un ...
New device implanted by surgeons help paralyzed patients breathe easier
Nov 25, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center soon will begin implanting a new device designed to improve breathing in patients with upper spinal-cord injuries or other diseases that keep them from breathing independently.
Two molecules affecting brain plasticity
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 25, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (6) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- You wouldn't want a car with no brakes. It turns out that the developing brain needs them, too.
Dentistry, a high-tech version: Robots not far off, doctor says
Nov 24, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Robots may practice dentistry one day, but there will always be humans telling you to open wide, said a teacher on the cutting edge of tooth care.
Tulane University surgeon pioneers 'scarless' thyroid surgery
Nov 24, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Tulane University School of Medicine surgeon Dr. Emad Kandil is one of the first in the country to perform a new form of endoscopic surgery that uses a small incision under the arm to remove all or a portion of the thyroid ...
Early protein processes crucial to formation and layering of myelin membrane
Nov 24, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
New findings from an international team of researchers probing the nerve-insulating myelin sheath were bolstered by the work of Boston College biologists, who used x-rays to uncover how mutations affect the structure of myelin, ...
High unexpressed anger in MS patients linked to nervous system damage, not disease severity
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 24, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
People with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) feel more than twice as much withheld anger as the general population and this could have an adverse effect on their relationships and health, according to a study published in the December ...
Tissue tension regulates tumor progression
Nov 23, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCSF scientists have shown for the first time that the rigidity of a tissue can induce cancer. The research team identified an enzyme that is crucial for regulating tissue stiffness and demonstrated that ...
Upending textbook science on Alzheimer's disease
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 23, 2009 |
5 / 5 (6) |
0
Alzheimer's disease is caused by the build-up of a brain peptide called amyloid-beta. That's why eliminating the protein has been the focus of almost all drug research pursuing a cure for the devastating neurodegenerative ...
New discovery about the formation of new brain cells
Nov 23, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
The generation of new nerve cells in the brain is regulated by a peptide known as C3a, which directly affects the stem cells' maturation into nerve cells and is also important for the migration of new nerve cells through ...
List of search results for nerve regeneration
