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Estrogen plays an important role in keeping bones healthy. Now, researchers investigated how membrane-initiated estrogen ...
The partial vertebra appeared inside a 2.5-inch-diameter column of rock that researchers drilled, earning the title of the ...
Few predators swallow their prey whole. Even fewer can digest their meals with bones and all. But for some reptiles like the ...
Bone cancer in the leg, while relatively uncommon, presents with specific warning signs that warrant immediate medical ...
The effect of oral hyaluronan (HA) on bone loss in ovariectomized (OVX) 3-month-old rats was measured using serum markers of bone turnover and bone mineral density. OVX rats were administered 1 mg/ ...
A group of North Texas doctors and scientists printed part of a human femur—the longest and strongest bone in the body—that mimics the strength, flexibility and overall mechanics of a real ...
DALLAS — A group of North Texas doctors and scientists printed part of a human femur — the longest and strongest bone in the body — that mimics the strength, ...
Cases of small lesions located outside the weight-bearing area of the femoral head, without subchondral fracture and with adequate removal of the necrotic area at surgery, present better results in ...
Thus, the therapeutic target of the chronic kidney disease-mineral bone disorder may be vascular osteoblastic transdifferentiation, and sclerostin levels may be a useful biomarker for the diagnosis of ...
At the nanoscopic level, bone consists of calcium phosphate, which forms incomplete hydroxyapatite (HAp) crystals. The preferred orientation of the c-axis of HAp crystallites induces anisotropy and ...