>>11730173Peripheral nerves grow back despite the popular belief.
It's the spinal chord that doesn't, in part because of glial scarring.
>you can't just regenerate these cells by bringing them into close proximityMost of the nerve (like 99,99%) is made of centimeters of axons while the cellular "core" where all the machinery is merely few microns long.
Cut axon can grow toward and be reconnect with other neurons with chemotaxis.