Nano knitting mends brains
From: TRN Research News Roundup - 03/2006

Scientists have used a nanotechnology-based technique to repair traumatic
brain injuries in hamsters. The brain injuries blinded the animals; the
repair partially restored the hamsters' vision.

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Links:
Nano neuro knitting: Peptide nanofiber scaffold for brain repair and axon
  regeneration with functional return of vision
http://www.pnas.org/content/103/13/5054
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16549776

Nano Neuro-Knitting 
http://www.dddmag.com/articles/2007/09/nano-neuro-knitting

The Nano-Knitters
http://www.popsci.com/archive-viewer?id=7vvnbUL_1fIC&pg=57&query=nano-knitters