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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Nicola Small

Spider's silk could be used to repair human nerve damage in 'exciting' new treatment

Spiders and worms are the superheroes delivering a life-changing nerve treatment that will help tens of thousands of trauma and cancer patients.

Film fans are used to hearing web-slinger Spider-Man declare: “My spider sense is tingling.”

And now, silk from the actual creepy-crawlies is being made into tiny tubes that bridge gaps between damaged nerves.

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