New Scientist: New surgery heals nerve damage in weeks.
“Bittner realised that we need a system that blocks the body’s repair process. The way to do that, he discovered, is to immediately flush the injury site with a calcium-free salty solution that also contains methylene blue, a chemical that blocks oxidation reactions. Calcium and oxidation drive the formation of tiny spheres called vesicles, which in turn seal the nerve stumps.” Oh, Christopher Reeve … would that we could.
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