Watch this lecture by Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD, presented by University of California Television.

Stem cells have the potential to transform the way scientists study human diseases, the way drug companies discover and test new drugs, and the way physicians treat their patients. Join Dr. Arnold Kriegstein, professor of neurology and director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF as he dispels the hype and explains the science that is at work.

Below is a video and article about using stem cells to treat back pain.

Here’s the article in Becker’s Spine Review

FOX Network News announced the promising news of the results of a clinical trial that the reporter says is "pretty cool stuff.... and the results have been spectacular." Adult stem cells are treated, then reinjected back into the patient's degenerating spine discs, resulting in the regeneration of the spine discs.