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After enduring a two-year diagnostic odyssey, Gregory Maassen received a diagnosis of a postinfectious form of peripheral neuropathy that affects small nerve fibers. He now uses exercise, including ...

Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are capable of regenerating after injury. This is why injuries to the central ...

Peripheral nerves have some capacity for regeneration after an injury, but they often need help. For major damage, sections can be surgically replaced with nerves taken from other parts of the patient ...

AMES, Iowa – Researchers looking for ways to regenerate nerves can have a hard time obtaining key tools of their trade. Schwann cells are an example. They form sheaths around axons, the tail-like ...

Current methods for repairing injured nerves can be hit-and-miss and are restricted to repair over short distances. For the first time, researchers have combined two kinds of silk to create a ...

Remi Veneziano, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering; Jeffrey Moran, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering; and Pei Dong, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, received funding for the ...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Epineuron is excited to announce Health Canada approval of its innovative nerve regeneration system, the PeriPulse™. Building on the success of its multi-center first ...

Gardenias are popular flowers worldwide; they include 140 tree and shrub species, and are native to Asia, Africa, and islands in the Pacific. They have also been used in Chinese medicine for thousands ...