Explore 10 facts about fractures, from how bones naturally heal to breakthrough treatments. Learn essential recovery ...

Our joints heavily rely on cartilage, as it acts as a shield and aids our bones. As aging occurs, there’s the possibility of this cartilage deteriorating or sustaining damage, frequently leading ...

While full-grown adults have 206 bones, babies are born with far more. Here's how many, and what happens to them.

Sommar, P. et al. Engineering three-dimensional cartilage- and bone-like tissues using human dermal fibroblasts and macroporous gelatine microcarriers. J. Plast. Reconstr. Aesthet. Surg.

While the common ancestor of vertebrates with synovial joints is still a mystery, the oldest specimen with evidence of these ...

Replacement cartilage engineered from the nasal septum -- the cartilage wall that separates the left and right airways in ...

Jumping exercises may help prevent cartilage damage, aid bone strength in astronauts on long-duration space missions, a mice study suggests. Johns Hopkins research indicates that jump training ...

Cartilage forms a buffer between bones, and a loss of cartilage will eventually lead to arthritis. The new knee repair process involves extracting cells from a tiny piece of a patient’s nasal ...