First ever bioelectronic medicine speeds up nerve regeneration in animal studies.

Car accidents or sports injuries, even too much texting can injure the peripheral nerves, leaving people with numbness, tingling or weakness in their limbs.  For cases requiring surgery, standard practice is to administer electrical stimulation during the surgery to aid recovery, however, it is not possible to continuously provide electrical stimulation at various time points throughout the recovery process.  Now, a study from researchers led … Continue reading First ever bioelectronic medicine speeds up nerve regeneration in animal studies.