image: Scanning electron microscope image showing the inner layer of the nerve guide, which is studded with microspheres containing growth?promoting protein. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 22, 2020, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by N.B. Fadia at University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA; and colleagues was titled, "Long-gap peripheral nerve repair through sustained release of a neurotrophic factor in nonhuman primates." view more
Credit: Kacey Marra, Ph.D.