Molecular Detection and Assessment of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration via a Collagen Hybridizing Peptide
Hot off the press! Exciting new work from Dr. Xudong Li's Lab at the University of Virginia established a comprehensive and detailed quantification method of intervertebral discs in aging and inflammatory conditions. This is the first time anyone demonstrated a linear correlation between natural aging and denatured collagen content in mouse discs, and they saw a robust correlation with conventional histology techniques as well. The image below shows ho...