... associated with reduced repair capacity and IVD degeneration. Notochord cells can give rise to chordomas, a highly invasive bone cancer associated with late diagnosis. Understanding the impact of neoplastic cells during development and on the surrounding vertebral column could open avenues for earlier...

...Alexa Burger; Aleksandr Vasilyev; Ritu Tomar; Martin K. Selig; G. Petur Nielsen; Randall T. Peterson; Iain A. Drummond; Daniel A. Haber Chordoma is a malignant tumor thought to arise from remnants of the embryonic notochord, with its origin in the bones of the axial skeleton. Surgical resection...