This can pave the way for designing future personalized biological treatments, based on a better understanding of the complex dynamics of intervertebral disk destruction and maintenance", Noailly ...

Figure C shows how this position increases force on back side of intervertebral discs ... is made to allow for some movement between each disc but when it is exposed to excessive force or long tem ...

Background Back pain and intervertbral disc (IVD) damage are common problems experienced by astronauts. We hypothesize this is from paraspinal muscle deconditioning, ∼5 cm body lengthening from spinal ...

This is the first stem cell model to contain a notochord ... The researchers note that it could also be valuable for studying intervertebral discs—the shock-absorbing cushions located between ...

Ventris Medical, a privately held orthobiologics and tissue regeneration company, today announced that the United States Food ...

An important and limiting complication of cervical spine fusion surgery is the development of DDD in adjacent discs. [5–7] Artificial intervertebral disc arthroplasty has been proposed as an ...

Ventris Medical earned FDA clearance to use its Backpack bone graft in intervertebral disc space. The bone graft earned its first FDA nod in January. Backpack is offered in two versions — one with ...