The human spine has been transformed into a weight bearing column, putting it under unprecedented stresses and dooming us to the likelihood of back injuries and pain. As remarkable as our ...

This is particularly important, as a working notochord in human stem cells could help further research into how birth defects affect the spine or spinal cord. The researchers note that it could ...

Francis Crick Institute scientists developed a rudimentary human spine via stem cells in a laboratory. They have created a “trunk-like structure” that is around 1 to 2 millimeters long.