French team develops a gel containing melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH), that helps teeth to regrow.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS), an implanted device that sends electrical impulses to specific parts of the brain, holds promise in alleviating epileptic seizures.

Yale University (US) researchers develop a new method of growing arteries, heralding a non-invasive way to treat coronary artery disease

Canadian researchers advance a biotech solution for neuronal repair.

Technique of electrical stimulation and drugs enabled rats with severed spinal cords to run again, suggesting possible applications in humans

Magnetic particles may offer a radical improvent in heart stent technology.  This next generation of heart stents may replace the current technology, which depends on a process whereby endothelial cells coat stents and blood vessels heal, a process that typically takes weeks.  Magnetic stents appear to accelerate the process of healing after a stent is placed.

Conditions such as chronic pain, cancer and diabetes, require medications that cannot be taken orally, but must be dosed intermittently, on an as-needed basis, over a long period of time. Researchers led by Daniel Kohane, from Children's Hospital Boston (Massachusetts, USA) have devised an innovative drug delivery technique to turn dosing on and off, deliver consistent doses and adjust doses according to the patient's need.