BIOMARKERS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF BACK PAIN AND RELATED CONDITIONS
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    发明申请
    BIOMARKERS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF BACK PAIN AND RELATED CONDITIONS 审中-公开
    用于诊断和预防背部疼痛和相关条件的生物标志物

    公开(公告)号:US20160081578A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-24

    申请号:US14785235

    申请日:2014-04-18

    IPC分类号: A61B5/055 A61B5/00 A61B5/145

    摘要: The present invention teaches novel methods of diagnosing and prognosing conditions associated with tissue degeneration and/or pain, including intervertebral disc degeneration, discogenic pain, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and articular cartilage injury. Using the inventive noninvasive imaging methods, the diagnosis and prognosis of back pain and related conditions can be quickly and accurately determined by detecting one or more biomarkers disclosed herein.

    摘要翻译: 本发明教导了诊断和预测与组织退化和/或疼痛有关的病症的新方法,包括椎间盘退变,椎间盘突出症,骨关节炎,类风湿性关节炎和关节软骨损伤。 使用本发明的非侵入性成像方法,通过检测本文公开的一种或多种生物标志物可以快速和准确地确定背痛和相关病症的诊断和预后。

    A METHOD FOR REGENERATING THE INTERVERTERBRAL DISC WITH NOTOCHORDAL CELLS

    公开(公告)号:US20200093961A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-26

    申请号:US15739555

    申请日:2016-06-22

    摘要: Described herein are compositions and methods related to derivation of human notochordal cells differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). The inventors have developed a two-step process for generating these iPSC-derived notochordal cells (iNCs), which can provide a renewable source of therapeutic material for use in degenerative disc disease (DDD). As iNCs are capable of reversing DDD and supporting regeneration of invertebral disc (IVD) tissue based on the understanding that NC cells maintain homeostasis and repair of other IVD cell types such as nuclear pulposus (NP).