Tag: degenerative disease

Researchers Develop Nanotechnology Technique to Restore Damaged Nerve Cells

Researchers created a new technique using nano-magnets to restore damaged nerve cells (neurons). Neurons are the basic units of the brain and the nervous system. If they are damaged by degenerative disease or physical trauma, their ability to repair and heal is limited. Restoring neural pathways and enabling them to regain their function is a…


Coping With the Oxygen Paradox

Oxygen is essential to our survival, and yet this toxic, mutagenic, and highly reactive gas also has the capacity to destroy us. The destructive side of oxygen is called oxidation. Slow oxidation turns cut apples brown and hard metal brittle with rust. Rapid oxidation destroys things more quickly, in an exothermic chemical process of combustion,…