New soft, implantable fibers can deliver light to major nerves through the body. They are an experimental tool for scientists to explore the causes and potential treatments for peripheral nerve ...

Each year, hundreds of thousands of people worldwide suffer from peripheral nerve injuries, which often leave them with long-term disabilities. The peripheral nervous system is analogous to the ...

A project at MIT has developed optical fibers soft and flexible enough to be implanted into a living subject and stretch with its movements without failing. This could offer a route to delivering ...

A special class of white blood cell could offer insights regarding ways to spur regeneration in two of the most devastating and stubborn forms of nerve damage – those to the brain and spinal cord. In ...

BOSTON — Health care professionals should use a broad range of tools to diagnose diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and ...

Scientists have developed a miniaturized electronic platform for the stimulation and recording of peripheral nerve fibers on a chip. By modulating and rapidly recording nerve activity with a high ...

I just finished reading a science fiction book called "Blindsight." The writing was a bit dense and cryptic at times, but I was intrigued by the central question it asks – in the context of ...

Analyzing whole-mount histologic large sections is not a new practice, but a new strategy was needed to fully characterize peripheral nerve invasion in hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Technology to evaluate ...

Scientists have a new tool to precisely illuminate the roots of nerve pain. Engineers at MIT have developed soft and implantable fibers that can deliver light to major nerves through the body. When ...