Thursday, March 16, 2006

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Nanotech helps blind hamsters see

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Nanotech helps blind hamsters see: "Scientists mimicked the effect of a traumatic brain injury by severing the optical nerve tract in hamsters, causing the animals to lose vision.

After injecting the hamsters with a solution containing nanoparticles, the nerves re-grew and sight returned.

Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team hopes this technique could be used in future reconstructive brain surgery."

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