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Marina Sanaki-Matsumiya figured out how to grow human somites in a dish through a process that mirrors the tissue’s development in the embryo.

An experimental tissue engineering treatment that addresses damage at both the inner core and outer ring of sheep intervertebral discs improves spinal structure and function.

To see if the spiky fish shares signaling pathways found in other organisms, scientists scooped up specimens during a mating frenzy on the shores of Japan.

The eel-like lamprey can return to normal swimming and burrowing after suffering a severed spinal cord twice.

The test uses levels of plasma amyloid-β to estimate the buildup of protein plaques in the brain.

A newly discovered sister species to the hero shrew shares its spine of steel, hinting at the evolution and function of the super-strong anatomical structure.

Researchers with financial ties to a company that makes a popular back surgery product overlooked the product’s adverse side effects.