Nanoprinting holds promise for nerve regeneration / Nanostampa promettente per la rigenerazione dei nervi.
Nanoprinting holds promise for nerve regeneration / Nanostampa promettente per la rigenerazione dei nervi. Segnalato dal Dott. Giuseppe Cotellessa / Reported by Dr. Joseph Cotellessa The advance, made at EPFL’s Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fibre Devices, has been published in Advanced Functional Materials . A technique for imprinting nanometric patterns on hollow polymer fibres could lead to medical applications where nerves are regenerated or artificial tissue is created, claim researchers in Switzerland. This technique enables to achieve textures with feature sizes two order of magnitude smaller than previously reported (Credit: EPFL) According to EPFL, the imprinted designs could be used to impart certain optical effects on a fibre or make it water-resistant. They could also guide stem-cell growth in textured fibre channels or be used to break down the fibre at a specific location and point in time in order to release drugs as part of a smar