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Biopolymer promotes nerve regeneration

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Merged series of phase contrast micrographs showing neurite outgrowth in rat dorsal root ganglion cells grown on an acetylcholine biopolymer. (Christiane Gumera) Last year, Yadong Wang and his colleagues at the Georgia Institute of Technology reported that they had...

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Sticky dopamine

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A mussel clinging to a sheet of teflon. (Image credit: Haeshin Lee/ Phillip Messersmith) The marine mollusc Mytilus edulis inhabits ecological niches in the intertidal zone, which is exposed to air during low tide and submerged in water during...

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