JAPANESE SCIENTISTS USE iPS CELLS TO RESTORE SPINAL DISK FUNCTION
#530_2022年4月21日のニュース
Japanese scientists say they've successfully restored function to intervertebral disks in rats by implanting tissue derived from induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells.
A team led by researchers from Kyoto and Osaka universities conducted the study on the inner core of the intervertebral disk, called the nucleus pulposus.
The scientists say they found the jelly-like inner core contains cells resembling those in cartilage. They created similar cartilaginous tissue using iPS cells.