Thursday, July 13, 2006

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Silk 'could help repair nerves'


BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Silk 'could help repair nerves': "Silk may be able to help repair damaged nerves, according to scientists.

The UK researchers have shown how nerve cells can grow along bundles of a special fibre, which has properties similar to spider silk.

They hope the silk will encourage cell re-growth across severed nerves, possibly even in damaged spinal cords."

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