Researchers claim to have developed an innovative surgical procedure
that helps to repair the severed nerves within minutes, which could help
patients to recover within days or weeks.
The study, led by researcher George Bittner, professor at University of Texas, used a cellular mechanism similar
to that of many invertebrates to repair damage to axons, an extension of the
nerve cell that chats with other nerve cells or with muscles.
"We have developed a procedure which can repair severed
nerves within minutes so that the behaviour they control can be partially
restored within days and often largely restored within two to four weeks,"
said Bittner, the Journal of Neuroscience Research reported.
"If further developed in clinical trials this approach
would be a great advance on current procedures that usually imperfectly restore
lost function within months at best," added Bittner, according to a
university statement.
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