Stem cells relieve lower back pain

• Autores: Andy Coghlan
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3149, 2017, pág. 6
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • An injection could finally bring relief to millions of people with chronic lower back pain. If it works, the stem cell treatment could be a crucial tool for fighting the opioid epidemic killing thousands in the US. Injected into damaged discs between the vertebrae of the spine, each dose contains around 6 million cells. Called mesenchymal precursor cells, they dampen down inflammation and secrete factors that help rebuild damaged tissue.