Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Penn researchers engineer first system of human nerve-cell tissue

Source: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Date: February 26, 2008

Summary:

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have demonstrated that living human nerve cells can be engineered into a network that could one day be used for transplants to repair damaged to the nervous system. They report their findings in the February issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery.