New device can heal with a single touch, and even repair brain injuries

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    A new device developed at The Ohio State University can start healing organs in a "fraction of a second," researchers say.

    The technology, known as Tissue Nanotransfection (TNT), has the potential to save the lives of car crash victims and even deployed soldiers injured on site. It's a dime-sized silicone chip that "injects genetic code into skin cells, turning those skin cells into other types of cells required for treating diseased conditions," according to a release.

    In lab tests, one touch of TNT completely repaired injured legs of mice over three weeks by turning skin cells into vascular cells.

    Read more https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...uch-and-even-repair-brain-injuries/537326001/
     

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