Nerve Transplant (IMAGE)

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Nerve Transplant

Caption

A design that incorporates a soft hydrogel external wall and a conducting polymer as a supporting internal wall may serve as a tunnel to reconnect severed nerves.

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Credit: Mohammad Reza Abidian

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