When a house catches on fire, we assume that a smoke alarm inside will serve one purpose and one purpose only: warn the ...

Human skeletons are often described in neat textbook numbers, but real bodies are far messier and more interesting. Extra ...

Some adults do indeed have more than 206 bones. These extras, known as accessory bones or supernumerary bones, may occur when ...

Jett Lawrence will miss the start of the Monster Energy Supercross season after suffering an ankle and foot injury in pre-season training. "Just got out of surgery," Lawrence said on social media.

GLP-1 receptor agonists were linked to a small long-term reduction in vertebral fractures in a cohort study. The retrospective study was based on electronic health records of people with type 2 ...

Our fat tissue could be used to make our bones regrow, with scientists successfully using adipose cells to repair spinal compression fractures. It could change how breaks are treated and improve bone ...

Japanese researchers are testing a surprising, minimally invasive way to repair spine fractures. A team at Osaka Metropolitan University found that stem cells from fat tissue can repair breaks similar ...

Researchers in Osaka have found that stem cells from fat tissue can repair spinal fractures similar to those caused by osteoporosis. By turning these cells into bone-forming clusters and pairing them ...

UD engineer Michael Hast leads an NIH-funded effort to identify impaired bone healing earlier with MRI-based computer models Healing a broken bone can take months, and knowing whether recovery is on ...

What if the next time you broke a bone, you didn’t need screws, plates, or invasive surgery to heal? Imagine a medical adhesive so powerful it could bond fractured bones in minutes, yet gentle enough ...