One step closer to an artificial nerve cell (PhysOrg)
Submitted by iw on July 6, 2009 – 6:54 pmNo Comment
Read more… Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Linköping University (Sweden) are well on the way to creating the first artificial nerve cell that can communicate specifically with nerve cells in the body using neurotransmitters. The technology has been published in an article in Nature Materials.
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