Silk Fiber To Help Repair Nerves

[Janus]

The UK researchers have shown how nerve cells can grow along bundles of a special fibre, which has properties similar to spider silk.

They hope the silk will encourage cell re-growth across severed nerves, possibly even in damaged spinal cords.

Silk fibre to help repair nerves (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5172422.stm)

I think this will be quite helpful as neurons generally grow very slowly.

[Clutch]

How long until the religious right opposes this I wonder... <_<

[Janus]

I don&#39;t see how this technology is "immoral" like cloning, etc.

[red team]

You underestimate the backwardness of these religious idiots. They&#39;ll be saying something like "secular arrogance in messing with the divinely designed natural nerves of god&#39;s offsprings" or something to that effect.

[Janus]

I suppose some of the fundies may oppose it.