Researchers at the University of Tsukuba investigated the mechanism by which posterior spinal fixation, a technique that ...

Previous attempts to create a notochord from human stem cells have ... helping to establish the body’s main axis and guiding the formation of the spine and nervous system,” James Briscoe ...

the spine functioned more like a flexible suspension bridge, supporting the body's organs -- a role to which it is structurally well suited. The human spine has been transformed into a weight ...