Bent bone dysplasia (BBD) is a perinatal-lethal skeletal disorder caused by pathogenic FGFR2 mutations that disrupt bone ...

Polymicrobial cultures taken at the time of septic nonunion repair may be associated with higher rates of reoperation vs.

The humerus is your upper arm bone. It is the longest bone in the upper part of your body and is connected to many important tendons and ligaments. The top of the humerus is part of the shoulder joint ...

Research led by Vladimír Sládek sheds new light on how bones age, questioning long-standing assumptions that sedentary ...

Maryland-based biotech NextCure is looking for partners to advance a candidate for the currently incurable rare disease osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) after the asset strengthened bones and reduced ...

Many people think weak bones are only a concern in old age, but bone loss can begin much earlier, and often goes unnoticed ...

Growth plates are areas of cartilage found at the ends of long bones. They play a role in the bone growth of children and teens. An injury to a growth plate can affect the development of a bone. While ...

Image: A Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) scan of a human hip bone, left, and a human spine, right. Credit: NASA Are bigger bones stronger bones? Not necessarily, according to a recent NASA ...