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  • March 2008

    • Sea Slugs Inspire New Brain Implant Technology

      BBC  |  Mar 7, 08 7:17 AM CST

      Sea Slugs Inspire New Brain Implant Technology

      (Newser) - Sure, it’s a warty creepy-crawly that lurks at the bottom of the ocean, but the sea cucumber has inspired scientists to create a new material that could be used in implanted brain electrodes to help people with Parkinson’s disease, reports the BBC. The creature stiffens its skin when faced with an enemy and reverts to its soft self just as easily. Scientists hope the new material, which mimics that variability, will remain hardened during implantation in a human brain, then soften in the body. More »

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      brain  • stroke  • Parkinson's disease  • health research  • scientific breakthroughs  • neurological disorder  • implant  • spinal cord

  • January 2008

    • 'Rewired' Nerves Restore Ability to Walk

      Scientific American  |  Jan 7, 08 1:40 PM CST

      'Rewired' Nerves Restore Ability to Walk

      (Newser) - Scientists have figured out how mice that lose the ability to walk after a spinal-cord injury can regain it, a finding that could someday help human patients, Scientific American reports. When the long nerves that run from the brain to the base of the spine were severed, shorter nerves in the area were repurposed—not regrown, as was previously believed. More »

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      science  • medical breakthrough  • paralysis  • spine  • paralyze  • nerves  • spinal cord

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