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Peptide:glycosaminoglycan hybrid hydrogels as an injectable intervention for spinal disc degeneration
Degeneration of the spinal discs is a major cause of back pain. During the degeneration process, there is a loss of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) from the proteoglycan-rich gel in the disc's nucleus, which adversely alters biomechanical performance. Current surgical treatments for back pain are hig...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Royal Society of Chemistry
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4920072/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27429755 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6tb00121a |