The adult mammalian body has an incredible ability to heal itself in response to injury. Yet, injuries to the spinal cord lead to devastating conditions, since severed nerve fibers fail to ...

The ability to regenerate nerve cells in the body could reduce the effects of trauma and disease in a dramatic way. In two presentations at the NSTI Nanotech 2007 Conference, researchers describe the ...

A recipe for regenerating nerve fibers across complete spinal cord injury Date: August 29, 2018 Source: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Summary: Scientists have designed a three-stepped ...

SAN FRANCISCO-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--AxoGen, Inc. today announced the U.S. market launch of AxoGuard ™ Nerve Protector and AxoGuard ™ Nerve Connector for the treatment of peripheral nerve injuries.

Remarkably, even after nerves were severed, the drug treatment induced nerve regeneration and partial recovery of erectile function.

Semmler, L., et al. (2023). Silk‐in‐Silk Nerve Guidance Conduits Enhance Regeneration in a Rat Sciatic Nerve Injury Model. Advanced Healthcare Materials. doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202203237.

When a nerve fiber in the spinal cord is severed, its repair may require that something else be severed: actin. In mature neurons of the central nervous system, actin is stable; that is, actin ...

SANTA CRUZ, CA--In a breakthrough for research on nerve regeneration, a team of scientists has reported using femtosecond laser pulses to precisely cut individual axons of nerves in the roundworm ...

Phosphatidylserine exposure mediated by ABC transporter activates the integrin signaling pathway promoting axon regeneration. Nature Communications, 2018; 9 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05478-w ...

Tulavi Therapeutics has received a de novo clearance from the FDA for a surgical kit designed to help reduce long-term phantom limb pains among people who have had an amputation. The Allay nerve ...

In a breakthrough for research on nerve regeneration, a team of scientists has reported using femtosecond laser pulses to precisely cut individual axons of nerves in the roundworm Caenorhabditis ...