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The ability to regenerate the tissues of the human central nervous system (CNS) is one of the greatest projects undertaken by biomedical engineers today. With this eventual technology
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Regenerating Tissues The ability to regenerate the tissues of the human central nervous system (CNS) is one of the greatest projects undertaken by biomedical engineers today. With this eventual technology, permanent paralysis and blindness due to CNS injury will be a thing of the past. Central nervous system injuries will be repairable, an idea that was, until recently, just a fanciful dream, something out of a science fiction novel. In the last few years, however, giant strides have been made to make the idea of CNS regeneration a reality within the grasp of engineers and doctors alike. This technology has advanced to the point where successful tests are being performed on lower level adult mammals. If all continues to go well, human implementation may soon follow. The axons of the central nervous system in adult mammals do not regenerate spontaneously after injury, mainly because of the presence of oligodendrocytes that inhibit...
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