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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Published in:	European Cells & Materials
Main Authors:	EM Schutgens, MA Tryfonidou, TH Smit, FC Öner, A Krouwels, K Ito, LB Creemers
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Forum Multimedia Publishing LLC 2015-10-01
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