Researchers created a new technique using nano-magnets to restore damaged nerve cells (neurons).
Neurons are the basic units of the brain and the nervous system. If they are damaged by degenerative disease or physical trauma, their ability to repair and heal is limited.
Restoring neural pathways and enabling them to regain their function is a major challenge in the field of tissue engineering.
A process using nanotechnology and magnetic manipulations developed by Israeli researchers at the Kofkin Faculty of Engineering at Bar-Ilan University overcomes this challenge, according to a statement by the university.
They published their research recently in the journal Advanced Functional Materials….