First magnetoelectric material solves nerve signal problems

enabling them to effectively navigate in complex in vivo environments and perform minimally invasive interventions

Our advanced silk-in-silk nerve guides combine the excellent ability of silkworm silk to be processed into three-dimensional structures with the outstanding cell adhesion qualities of spider dragline silk.The innovation was tested in rats whose right sciatic nerve had been cut and revealed that the damaged nerves adapted to the novel silk nerve guides and grew along the silk threads until the severed endings successfully reconnected.

 Animal silks offer exceptional mechanical and biological properties and versatile manufacturing possibilities to assist the re-engineering of tissue.It combines material produced by silkworms (Bombyx mori) and silk fibers from golden orb-web spiders (Trichonephila edulis).the researchers hope to develop the silk nerve guides into an off-the-shelf solution to treat nerve injuries in humans.

Natural materialsNatural materials are ideal for use as nerve guides as they degrade over time and produce hardly any immune response in animal models.Newrotex is currently completing final pre-clinical studies of the new material with the aim of bringing a functional device suitable for humans to the market.

Current solutions see nerve injuries with large gaps treated by grafting nerves harvested from other areas of the patients body.

This study provides further evidence of the incredible regenerative properties of silk within the nervous system and demonstrates its exciting utility and potential as a material to address the unmet clinical need for an off-the-shelf technology to treat nerve injuries.to produce horns to appease market demand.

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