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Nobody wants to suffer physical pain if they don’t have to, yet they also don’t want to risk developing an addiction to pain-killing opioids. That’s where a new drug-free implant comes in, as it reduces pain by cooling nerves.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Dissolvable implant kills pain by cooling nerves – no drugs required
Nerve damage can result in pain that lasts for years, or even a lifetime. There may be new hope, however, as scientists now report that exposing damaged nerves to a cold needle can cause them to regenerate, drastically reducing pain.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading Cold needle treatment may reduce pain by regenerating damaged nerves
Most treatments for strokes aim to help reduce or repair damage to affected neurons. But a new study in mice has shown that a drug already in use to treat certain neurological disorders could help patients recover from strokes by getting undamaged neur… Continue reading Existing drug aids stroke recovery by rewiring undamaged neurons
By taking ultrathin films and color pigments used routinely in the food industry, scientists have developed an implantable device that can stimulate nerve cells to accelerate healing. Activated by light, the technology was demonstrated in first-of-a-ki… Continue reading Implantable film fires up nearby nerve cells when triggered with light
Researchers have uncovered how a certain molecular pathway triggers the breakdown of nerve fibers in neurodegenerative diseases – and more importantly, how to potentially switch it off. The find could lead to a new class of drugs that slows the progression of these debilitating disorders.
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New research from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the National Institutes of Health hypothesizes nerve damage as the cause of long COVID symptoms in some people. The small study found treating patients with immunotherapies targeting the ne… Continue reading New studies point to nerve damage as a cause of long COVID
Nature is a never-ending source of inspiration for scientists, but our artificial devices usually don’t communicate well with the real thing. Now, researchers at Linköping University have created artificial organic neurons and synapses that can integra… Continue reading Artificial neurons connect to biological ones to control living plants
After an injury, nerves often struggle to regrow completely, leaving patients with reduced mobility and sensation. In tests on rats, Irish researchers have now demonstrated a way to improve nerve repair using proteins from the supporting network around… Continue reading Cellular support network boosts the regeneration of injured nerves
Where some parts of the human body are able to heal relatively well following an injury, a damaged spinal cord is one that has a notoriously difficult time. But a new type of artificial scaffold is providing scientists with new cause for optimism. It f… Continue reading Spinal cord scaffold sends regenerating neurons in the right direction
When someone injures a nerve in a body part such as a finger, it’s not uncommon for that part to end up with a permanently decreased sense of touch. A self-powered implantable sensor, however, could one day restore sensitivity to such injured areas.Con… Continue reading Self-powered implant could restore sense of touch to injured fingers