IIT Guwahati team fabricates spinal disc using silk

IIT Guwahati team fabricates spinal disc using silk — Science Chronicle

Researchers at IIT Guwahati have fabricated a silk-based spinal disc construct that mimics human intervertebral disc both in form and function. The construct allows annulus fibrosus cells or AF-like differentiated cells to grow and proliferate and deposit normal extracellular matrix. The construct was found to be biocompatible when implanted in mice. Using mulberry silk, researchers […]

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