Biomaterials for intervertebral disc regeneration: past performance and possible future strategies

Biomaterials for intervertebral disc regeneration: past performance and possible future strategies

Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is associated with most cases of cervical and lumbar spine pathologies, amongst which chronic low back pain has become the number one cause of loss of quality-adjusted life years. In search of alternatives to the current less than optimal and usually highly inv...

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Main Authors: EM Schutgens, MA Tryfonidou, TH Smit, FC Öner, A Krouwels, K Ito, LB Creemers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AO Research Institute Davos 2015-10-01
Series:European Cells & Materials
Subjects:
Intervertebral disc degeneration
nucleus pulposus cells
annulus fibrosus cells
regeneration
hydrogels
synthetic polymers
natural hydrogels
delivery
cell-biomaterial interactions
Online Access:http://www.ecmjournal.org/papers/vol030/pdf/v030a15.pdf

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