The intervertebral discs connect the vertebrae and give the spine its mobility. The disc consists of a cartilaginous fibrous ring and a gelatinous core as a buffer. It has always been assumed that ...

The hierarchical structure of the intervertebral disc (approximately 45–55 mm diameter in the human lumbar spine and 2.5–5 mm in the rat coccygeal spine) is composed of the outer fiber-reinforced ...

Three floors below Dmitriy Sheyn’s lab at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, doctors remove degenerated intervertebral discs from patients with severe back pain. Instead of tossing the old discs, however, ...

Few injuries are as suddenly and thoroughly debilitating as a herniated disc. If you've experienced one, you know how quickly you can go from feeling completely normal to all at once having trouble ...

ReGelTec Inc., a company developing a percutaneous hydrogel implant for the treatment of chronic low back pain caused by degenerative disc disease, announced the publication of a journal article in ...

In a rapid communication published in the journal Genes & Diseases, researchers from Chongqing Medical University and Yongchuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Chongqing have unveiled crucial ...

For decades, the intervertebral disc (IVD) has been framed in clinical and research narratives as a structure that inevitably degrades, a biomechanical victim of ageing and axial stress.1 This ...

The intervertebral discs between the spinal vertebrae comprise a gel-like core, the nucleus pulposus (NP), encased by a tough, fibrous outer ring. The NP’s high water content allows it to act like a ...

Dr. Devon Hague educates on intervertebral disc disease in our four-legged friends. Another stop at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital to talk with first-time guest Dr. Devon ...

FDA advisors largely supported the regulatory approval of condoliase for nerve pain associated with lumbar disc herniation (LDH) if it can be targeted to the right patients. During Friday's meeting of ...