Optic nerve regrown with a nanofibre scaffold

In a recent paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Ellis-Behnke and colleagues from Hong Kong University and the Institute for Neuroscience in Xia’an (China) have shown how hamsters, blinded following damage to their optic nerve, could have their vision partially restored by means of a nerve-bridging scaffold, made up of nanoparticle fibres. The nanoscale scaffold guides nerve tissue in its regrowing process,largelyy increasing its rate of success.

Combine this discovery with the previous blog on artificial compund eyes and you start "seeing" an interesting picture. Will similar discoveries merge one day?

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