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Optics.org speakes to St Andrews University
Lasers guide neuron growth
optics.org speaks to researchers trying to get to grips with how lasers influence neuron growth.
Researchers are one step closer to understanding how lasers can be used to repair and grow neurons thanks to work being carried out by biologists and physicists at St Andrews University, UK (Optics Express 16 10507)
David Carnegie and his colleagues used optical line traps to initiate and guide the growth of neurons and hope that one day the technique could be used to repair the human nervous system after spinal trauma, for example.
The full article is available at optics.org.