George A. Romero never did explain what caused the dead to rise in his seminal zombie movies, but we now at least know that dead cells lingering in the body contribute to low back pain (LBP)—and may offer a potential drug target for treatment.
A preclinical study found that two drugs targeting senescent, or zombie, cells—which store up in spinal discs rather than dying off , causing inflammation, pain and spinal damage—effectively treated the underlying cause of