DEVICE USES ENGINEERED PROTEIN TO TREAT BACK DISORDER

July 9, 2002

9 JULY - FDA has approved the first device that uses a genetically engineered human protein for use in the lower region of the spine to treat degenerative disc disease, a major cause of back pain for many adults.

DEVICE USES ENGINEERED PROTEIN TO TREAT BACKDISORDER -- FDA has approved the first device that uses agenetically engineered human protein for use in the lower regionof the spine to treat degenerative disc disease, a major cause ofback pain for many adults.http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2002/ANS01155.html