In a global breakthrough published in Nature Genetics, researchers have successfully mapped the cells and genes that regulate ...

Each year, doctors treat more than 6 million bone fractures in the United States. And while it takes only a few seconds for a bone to break, the processes that keep your bones strong and allow them to ...

A new study of the PhyloBone project of the University of Turku, Finland, identifies hundreds of non-collagenous proteins in the bone matrix that may play regulatory roles in bone formation and ...

Osteoporosis is a common disorder, especially in the elderly, characterized by bone loss and increased fracture risk. Treatments target abnormal osteoclast activity but face adherence issues. The ...

In our bones, specialized cells called osteoblasts are responsible for building up bone substance. A team of researchers has now identified an enzyme that controls the activity of osteoblasts. An ...

An engineered triphasic biomaterial scaffold successfully recreated the cranial suture stem cell niche lost in ...

Scientists have identified a protein that blocks the activity of bone-forming cells (osteoblasts) by stopping them from maturing during the journey to sites of bone formation, a new study has found.

Reviewed by Ann Kearns, MD, PhD, associate professor and chair of Quality and Safety in the Division of Endocrinology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. "Medical Journeys" is a set of ...

A rare and gruesome bone growth protruding from a 14th to 19th century woman's thigh bone mushroomed after she suffered severe trauma, anthropologists in Portugal have found. The 3-inch (8 centimeters ...