A recent discovery could transform our understanding of bone health maintenance and pave the way for potential treatments for bone diseases, including osteoporosis. Researchers at the University of ...

Bone tissue, also known as osseous tissue, is a specialized connective tissue that forms the rigid framework of the skeleton. It is composed of cells, fibers, and an extracellular matrix. The matrix ...

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Cellular senescence—an irreversible cell-cycle arrest coupled with the production of pro-inflammatory secretions known as SASP—is now viewed as a central driver of musculoskeletal aging. Accumulation ...

It's no coincidence that our bodies feel a little creakier as we age. The trillions of cells that make up our skeleton age too, and some change in ways that weaken the very structure of our bones.

Scientists and researchers around the globe are investigating a series of mysteries about what happens to our bones over time. It's no coincidence that our bodies feel a little creakier as we age. The ...

For over 150 years, scientists have known that wounds alter electric fields across skin cells, says cell biologist Min Zhao of the University of California, Davis School of Medicine. But they didn’t ...

This image from Augustana University researcher Caleb DeWitt displays a colorized scanning electron micrograph of calcium carbonate crystals—specifically, the polymorph known as vaterite. The crystals ...

Kidney cells can make memories too. At least, in a molecular sense. Neurons have historically been the cell most associated with memory. But far outside the brain, kidney cells can also store ...

Osteoarthritic (OA) pain affects 18% of females and 9.6% of males aged over 60 worldwide, with 62% of all OA patients being women. The molecular drivers of sex-based differences in OA are unknown.

What was that mosquito thinking as the six needles of its proboscis mouth bit into my mother’s skin? Had it taken a long, unplanned journey in a bag as a tourist traveled north from a tropical ...