Abstract: A rotational movement generating and amplifying apparatus comprising a first disk of a first radius; a rotating first rod protruding upward from the first disk; and a rotational assembly having a first elongated plate member, second elongated plate member, and second disk. The first plate member connecting to the first rod. The second disk of a second radius, being adjacent to the first disk. The second disk having a rotating second rod protruding upwards therefrom. The second rod extending through the first plate member and connecting to the second elongated plate member. The second plate member having an attachment point located a predetermined distance away from the axis of the first disk of at least double the distance of the sum of the first and second radius. The axis of the second disk not being coplanar with the axis of the first disk and the attachment point.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method of preventing degeneration of nerve, which includes: a) generating a recombinant viral or plasmid vector comprising a DNA sequence encoding a member of a transforming growth factor superfamily or neurotrophic factor proteins operatively linked to a promoter; b) transfecting in vitro a population of cultured cells with the recombinant vector, resulting in a population of the cultured cells; and c) transplanting the transfected cells to an area near an injured nerve, such that expression of the DNA sequence within the area near the injured nerve causes prevention of degeneration of the nerve.

Abstract: An apparatus for amplifying the rotational force of a rotating object comprising a housing member having a chamber defined therein and a rotational unit placed within the chamber. The rotational unit comprising an elongated member having one or more rods placed transversely through the elongated member. The elongated member being mounted off-centered within the chamber in a manner to allow for rotation thereof. The chamber being sized and shaped so that as the elongated member rotates, the rods slide and rotate along its respective axis and imparts additional rotational force to the rotation of the elongated member.