3D printing of a nerve regeneration guide

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According to market research firm Gartner, 3D printing in the medical sector is climbing towards a peak of hypeability and nothing could be more hype-worthy than the regeneration of nerves after an injury. A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota, Virginia Tech, University of Maryland, Princeton University, and Johns Hopkins University have created a first-of-its-kind 3D printed guide that helps restore sensory and motor functions to damaged nerves, a affliction suffered by more than 200,000 people worldwide due to disease and injury.

Specialized 3D printing is used to create a first-of-its-kind customized nerve regeneration guide with incorporated biochemical cues to promote both sensory and motor growth nerve regrowth. The red dots represent cues for motor growth the green dots represent cues for sensory regrowth. This research was led by University of Minnesota mechanical engineering professor Michael McAlpine..

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