Electrodynamic spray set up and Taylor cone formation arising from an applied electric potential. Cell therapy is a promising approach for the treatment of many degenerative diseases. For instance, ...

Physical exercise has a positive effect on the formation of cells in the intervertebral discs. Physical exercise has a positive effect on the formation of cells in the intervertebral discs. This is ...

It is the "shock absorber" between the vertebrae of the spine, cushioning every step, bend and jump: the intervertebral disc. If the fibrocartilage tissue in the spine degenerates over time, an ...

Back pain is often caused by intervertebral disc degeneration. Cellular changes occur early during the degenerative process—chondroid metaplasia of the nucleus pulposis (NP), in which notochordal ...

New research into the arrangement of sugar chains or ‘glycans’ in the cells of the spine has shed light for the first time on the critical role it plays in the complex process of disc degeneration.

Q: Are there any other treatment options besides surgery? A: Other treatment options include, chemonucleosis, where an- enzyme chymopapain is injected into the disc under X-ray control. The enzyme ...

Pint the Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever owned by senior author Danika Bannasch and Maddie the dachshund owned by second author Pete Dickinson and Jodi Westropp, all of the UC Davis School of ...

This is the ninth in a series of sports medicine articles from the world-renowned Rothman Institute. Series Editors are Rothman doctors Richard H. Rothman MD, and John A. Anderson MD. Lumbar spine ...

Bulging of a disc (called herniation) in the neck occurs when one or more of the spinal discs between the bones in the neck bursts and pushes against the spinal cord or nerve roots that run through ...

Slipped discs are the most common reason to go to the doctor in Switzerland. Not only people, but also dogs frequently suffer from this problem. An operation cures the painful consequences of a ...