Cell technologies in treatment of human intervertebral disc hernia: perspectives

Cell and Organ Transplantology. 2015; 3(2): 202-207.
DOI: 10.22494/COT.V3I2.15

Cell technologies in treatment of human intervertebral disc hernia: perspectives

Ustymenko A. M.
State Institute of Genetic and Regenerative Medicine NAMS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

Abstract
The intervertebral disc hernia is distinguished one of the diseases of the human locomotor apparatus that causes pain, neurological deficit and functional disorders.
Inefficency of concervative treatment and repeated appeals for medical help after surgery have urged on the need for exploration of some new more effective methods of treatment aimed not only at weakening degenerative processes and pain but also at renewing disc function and its height maintenance. Achievements of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering promote development of new efficient methods of cell therapy. The results of their application in experimental studies on animals give us hope for their successful use in humans.

Key words: intervertebral disc, nucleus pulposus, annulus fibrosus, mesenchymal stem cells, cell therapy

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Ustymenko AM. Cell technologies in treatment of human intervertebral disc hernia: perspectives. Cell and Organ Transplantology. 2015; 3(2):202-207. doi: 10.22494/COT.V3I2.15

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