The North American Spine Society awarded a total of $349,646 to this year's recipients of the research grants.
Winners were selected by the NASS Research Project Management Committee and Research Council and approved by the executive Committee. The winners include:
• Carl Gregory, PhD, of Texas: Cryopreserved Stem Cell-Derived Live Bone Mimics for Superior Spinal Arthrodesis;
• Adam H. Hsieh, PhD, of Maryland: Deciphering the Role of Annulus Fibrosus Cells in Neuronal Ingrowth into Collagen Matrices;
• Tong-Chuan He, PhD, MD, of Illinois: The Role of BMP9 in Regulating the Proliferation and Survival of the Intervertebral Nucleus Pulposus Cells;
• Yejia Zhang, MD, PhD, of Pennsylvania: Inhibition of ADAM-8 (a Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase-8) to Delay Intervertebral Disc Degeneration;
• Helen Gruber, PhD, of North Carolina: Do Human Annulus Cells Actively Try to Repel Nerve Ingrowth into the Disc?;
• Srinivasu Kallakuri, PhD, of Michigan: Overpressure Induced Spinal Neuronal and Glial Reactivity Changes;
• Xudong Joshua Li, MD, PhD, of Virginia: Inflammatory Nano-Fullerene Replace Steroids for Treatment of Disc Degeneration?
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