Spun-sugar fibers spawn sweet technique for nerve repair

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 14:42 in Health & Medicine

Researchers at Purdue University have developed a technique using spun-sugar filaments to create a scaffold of tiny synthetic tubes that might serve as conduits to regenerate nerves severed in accidents or blood vessels damaged by disease.

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