What keeps bones able to remodel themselves and stay healthy? A team has discovered clues to the key function of non-collagen protein compounds and how they help bone cells react to external load. The ...

While research has uncovered many details about how blood cells function within bone marrow, the work of other cells existing in that space remained a relative mystery. Now, researchers from the ...

Bones consist of an extracellular organic matrix housed in inorganic mineral crystals. The organic matrix is mainly comprised of collagen type 1 amongst other proteins. Bones contain marrow and ...

Researchers reveal how bone marrow fat reprograms immune signaling to promote osteoclast activity and weaken bones ...

Foot bones that are separate in small hopping rodents are fused in their larger cousins, and a team of researchers at the University of Michigan and University of California, San Diego, wanted to know ...

What Is the Skull Made Of? The skull, also known as the cranium, is the group of bones that forms the head. While many people think of the skull as a single structure, it’s actually made up of 22 ...