MATERIALS: Plastic that conducts electricity may hold key to new nerve growth From: Biomedical Materials | Date: November 1, 1997 | COPYRIGHT 1997 International Newsletters. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

A plastic that can conduct electricity, polypyrrole, may hold the key to nerve cell attachment and growth, say researchers in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Chemical Engineering and at the Children's Hospital of Harvard University, USA.

The plastic may also offer an alternative to nerve grafts, which can require multiple surgical operations and cause loss of function at the site from which donor nerves have been removed, says a report in September's MIT Research Digest. The MIT team, led by Professor Robert Langer, chose polypyrrole for its ...

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