Scientists Reconnect Broken Nerves Using Liquid Metal Wires, Tsinghua University Reveals

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There has been considerable work done by investigators around the world on overcoming severe nerve damage by bypassing the signals around the injury, as well as using stem cells to regrow the patient’s own nerves. Scientists at Tsinghua Univeristy in China have taken a different approach and used a liquid metal as an electrical conduit to bridge a gap in broken sciatic nerves.

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