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University of Missouri: Future of Spine Surgery - Healing Backs Without Screws or Metal Implants
September 30, 2025
COLUMBIA, Missouri, Sept. 30 -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release:

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future of spine surgery: healing backs without screws or metal implants

With NIH funding, University of Missouri researchers are pioneering biological alternatives that could someday help the body heal itself.

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Metal rods, screws and bone grafts have long been the backbone of spinal fusion surgeries -- a fix for fractured spines, wo . . .

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