New treatment for chronic back pain

Scientists in the US have just studied new treatments for people with back pain and neck pain - that is to replace herniated discs with organic discs. The new organic disc has been successfully implanted in mice and has the ability to develop natural tissue in the body. This new treatment is giving new hope to millions of patients around the world.

Typically, artificial disc types are made of metal or plastic. But researchers at Cornell University in the US have come up with a new option - an organic disc, with tissue from sheep's spine. Through laboratory tests at the lab, the team found that the bio-disc is stronger and more durable.

Dr Roger Hartl - Association of Neurosurgeons Professor at Weill Cornell School of Medicine, USA, said: "The biological disc will avoid side effects like other artificial discs. It is implanted in the spine. , reproducing the function of a normal disk and actually attaching it to the patient's spine. '

The organic disc is more rugged than the real disk of the mouse and the researchers believe that the technology is being improved so that it is more durable than the artificial disk ever.

Dr. Roger Hartl added: "We are investigating whether this new type of disk is decomposed faster or can exist and continue to grow? It turns out it can exist and continue to transmit. That's the biggest surprise in research, when we can create an organ that doesn't need blood vessels and still be able to survive and grow with time. '

This new type of disc is made of two pieces of polymer, with the alginate in the center and coated with a sturdy polymer cover made of glue, making the disc sure to be like a real intervertebral disc.

Scientists believe that their research will be applied to humans in a few years.