A three-layer living nerve conduit that restores severed rat nerves. (IMAGE)

International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing

A three-layer living nerve conduit that restores severed rat nerves.

Caption

By integrating melt writing, electrospinning and low-temperature cell patterning on a single direct-writing platform, a three-layer living conduit that bridges a rat's sciatic nerve and matches the performance of a natural autograft can be built in one continuous process. 

Credit

Xiaodan Huo§, De Bi§, Yuye Huang*, Yong Huang* and Jun Yin*

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