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The Twin Spine Study: Is Disc Degeneration Genetic?

Posted on March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 by Krista
A photo of two, infant, male twins who are cuddling together under a brown blanket. They're laying on a fluffy white nest-thing. Below that is a wooden floor. I want to point out that I wanted to use a photo of adult, male, Finnish twins, but good luck finding a free-to-reuse photo of that.
Little ones, someday your backs will hurt just the same.

In the late 1990s, geneticists began publishing compelling evidence that disc degeneration was indeed genetic. One of the most influential projects was the Twin Spine Study, which began in 1991

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