Here are nine orthopedic surgeons making the news this week.
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Four spine and neurosurgeons share their thoughts on how the healthcare industry is covered in the media.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent for Lineage Cell Therapeutics' stem cell-derived treatment for spinal cord injury.
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Duchenne UK awarded researchers from Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota Medical School $945,000 to advance their work around a stem cell-based therapy to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
A column by the right-leaning Independent Institute concerned the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
A subcommittee of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons donated $300,000 to the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Foundation.
Raleigh-based North Carolina State University opened its redesigned and renovated Albright Sports Medicine Center on Aug. 15.
Andrews Research & Education Foundation launched an online platform for sports medicine practitioners through a partnership with software provider Smart Horizons.
A literature review published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons suggested that the risk associated with laser spine surgery outweighed the benefits.