A cube of healthy bone is anything but solid. Inside it, countless tiny channels carry fluid and help cells move, feed, and ...

When a bone break is too severe to heal on its own, surgeons often rely on grafts or rigid metal implants — but both come ...

Bones broken in a skiing accident usually heal on their own. But if the break is too severe or a bone tumor needs to be removed, surgeons insert an implant that enables the bone to grow back together.

Inspired by how bones heal naturally, researchers have engineered a laser-structured hydrogel that could one day replace ...

When a patient is diagnosed with osteosarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer, the mission is to remove the tumor entirely ...

ETH researchers have developed a novel hydrogel consisting mainly of water and a polymer network. Using laser light, the researchers can very quickly solidify the hydrogel into a material with ...

Researchers at King's College London have discovered that an immune protein best known for protecting the body against ...

The hairy frog, also known as the wolverine frog or horror frog, is a remarkably unique species of frog native to Central Africa. Hairy frogs (Trichobatrachus robustus) are in the “squeaker” frog ...

Taking collagen supplements regularly supports bone and muscle health in adults, improving strength and quality of life.

Strengthen and reduce fracture risk with this routine that combines weight-bearing, resistance, and impact exercises.

This video explains why humans are born with far more bones than they have in adulthood. Newborns typically have between 300 and 350 bones, but that number gradually decreases to around 206 as the ...

The growing paleopathological literature shows that scurvy was not a rare problem among people living in the ancient Asia-Pacific tropics. Scurvy is increasingly identified throughout the region, ...