Cell therapy for intervertebral disc repair: Advancing cell therapy from bench to clinics

European Cells and Materials

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL, 2014, Pages 5-11

  Benneker, L M ^a,h   Andersson, G ^b   Iatridis, J C ^c,h   Sakai, D ^d,h   Hartl R ^e   Ito, K ^f   Grad, Sibylle ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^g AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h AO FOUNDATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Barriers; Cell therapy; Clinical translation; Intervertebral disc; Patient selection; Regenerative medicine; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SEGMENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL THERAPY; CELL TYPE; DISCOGENIC PAIN; DISEASE CONTROL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POST DISCECTOMY SYNDROME; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SPINE DISEASE; STANDARD; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84900484393     PISSN: 14732262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22203/eCM.v027sa02     Document Type: Article

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