Intervertebral disc regeneration from cellular level

Abstract

Intervertebral disc disease are one of the most frequent reason to see a doctor. In order to establish a simple and effective method to evaluate the quality of disc cells taken from surgery, we performed a colony assay and found that several different colonized cells can be seen. With the use of the colony assay, we were able to detect the biological potential of intervertebral disc cells for clinical application.