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Human bones can recover from small fractures, but if the fractures are too large or the regrowth process is unbalanced, as is the case with osteoporosis, treatment is required. To develop treatments, ...

Researchers are testing whether a protein that powers bone growth in the body can be harnessed to jump-start healing and possibly eliminate painful and intensive surgeries such as bone grafts. The ...

Growing new bone in place of ones damaged by trauma or disease may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but an interdisciplinary team of Miami researchers is harnessing technology and medical ...

Robocop only wishes he had a skeleton that could grow back if he ever broke a metal bone. If a cop with a robotic skeleton and the voice of Peter Weller isn’t totally indestructible, our bones have no ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

(Nanowerk News) Imagine using stem cells from your bone marrow to grow a piece of bone tissue in the lab, after which medical doctors explore which drugs have the desired effect on your bones. In this ...

And because the bone would be generated using a patient's own cells, it's unlikely that the implanted bone would be rejected by their immune system. Down the road, the powdered-eggshell gel could ...

For the first time, scientists have been able to study how well synthetic bone grafts stand up to the rigors and 'strains' of life, and how quickly they help bone re-grow and repair. For the first ...

Micromedics, Inc., a medical-products company based in St. Paul, has developed the Graft Delivery System with which doctors can literally make bone. The specialized syringe is used to deliver material ...