'Cyborg' Tissue Created Using 'Nano-Wires'

[Terry R.]

http://www.healthfinder.gov/news/new...x?Docid=668067

U.S. scientists have created a type of "cyborg" tissue by embedding human tissue with a network of silicon "nano-wires" that can detect electrical signals generated by cells deep within the tissue.

This nano-network was also able to measure changes in those cellular signals that occurred in response to drugs that stimulate the heart or nervous system.

The researchers also created bio-engineered blood vessels with the embedded wires, which could detect pH changes that occur both inside and outside the vessels in response to inflammation, reduced blood flow and other influences.