Health | Science | Technology | Space | Sports | Entertainment | Mobile | Games | Economy | Politics | Movies | Music | [Top News]

Posts tagged: bone

Discovery uses ‘fracture putty’ to repair broken bone in days

February 8, 2012
Broken bones in humans and animals are painful and often take months to heal. New research shows promise to shorten healing time significantly and revolutionize the course of fracture treatment.

Rapid bone loss as possible side effect of anti-obesity drug

February 7, 2012
An endocrine hormone used in clinical trials as an anti-obesity and anti-diabetes drug causes significant and rapid bone loss in mice, raising concerns about its safe use, researchers have shown.

Sharp rise in use of bone growth factor for spinal fusion surgery

January 31, 2012
The use of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) for spinal fusion surgery has risen sharply over the past decade, increasing costs with no evidence of improved outcomes, reports a new study.

Leukemia cells are ‘bad to the bone’, research finds

January 27, 2012
Researchers have discovered new links between leukemia cells and cells involved in bone formation, offering a fresh perspective on how the blood cancer progresses and raising the possibility that therapies for bone disorders could help in the treatment of leukemia.

Scientists crack medieval bone code

January 3, 2012
The existence of brucellosis, an infectious disease still prevalent today, has now been confirmed in ancient skeletal remains.

3-D printer used to make bone-like material

November 30, 2011
It looks like bone. It feels like bone. For the most part, it acts like bone. And it came off an inkjet printer. Researchers have used a 3-D printer to create a bone-like material that can be used in orthopedic procedures, dental work, and to deliver medicine for treating osteoporosis. ...

Madagascar dinosaur bone is most massive osteoderm ever found

November 29, 2011
What more can we learn about long-necked dinosaurs that we don't already know? Researchers have found that Madagascar dinosaurs carried giant, hollow bones in their skin that may have helped them survive the harsh environments they inhabited. This discovery has shed new light on the anatomy and function of these ...

Growth hormone increases bone formation in obese women

November 29, 2011
In a new study, growth hormone replacement for six months was found to increase bone formation in abdominally obese women.

Infusion of bone marrow cells several weeks after heart attack does not appear to improve ventricular function

November 16, 2011
Intracoronary infusion of bone marrow mononuclear cells 2-3 weeks following a heart attack among patients with left ventricular dysfunction and who had a procedure such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement performed did not result in overall improvement in ventricular function after 6 months, according to a new study.

Glass sponges inspire: Hybrid material made of collagen fibers and silica as possible substrate for bone tissue culture

November 14, 2011
(PhysOrg.com) -- As well as organic structures, mineral structures also play an important role in living organisms. You don’t even have to go as far as seashells or the artful silica scaffolds of diatoms; a glimpse into your own body will do. Our bones and teeth are made of the ...

Ancient Shark Attack Preserved In Fossil Whale Bone

November 11, 2011
A fragment of whale rib found in a North Carolina strip mine is offering scientists a rare glimpse at the interactions between prehistoric sharks and whales some 3- to 4-million years ago during the Pliocene.Three tooth marks on the rib indicate the whale was once severely bitten by a strong-jawed ...

First proof of principle for treating rare bone disease

November 9, 2011
Scientists have developed a new genetic approach to specifically block the damaged copy of the gene for a rare bone disease, while leaving the normal copy untouched.