News tagged with bone remodeling

Timing is everything in combination therapy for osteoporosis

The adult human skeleton undergoes constant remodeling, with new bone forming at sites that have been broken down by a precise process called resorption. During remodeling, skeletal stem cells are recruited to resorption ...

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Halting bone-building osteoporosis drug use cuts risk for additional atypical femur fracture in half

There is growing evidence that supports an association between atypical fractures of the femur– a rare break of the thigh bone, typically without trauma – and the use of bisphosphonates, drugs proven to enhance ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Researchers develop method of directing stem cells to increase bone formation and bone strength

A research team led by UC Davis Health System scientists has developed a novel technique to enhance bone growth by using a molecule which, when injected into the bloodstream, directs the body's stem cells to travel to the ...

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'Skin bones' helped large dinosaurs survive, new study says

Bones contained entirely within the skin of some of the largest dinosaurs on Earth might have stored vital minerals to help the massive creatures survive and bear their young in tough times, according to new ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New evidence of interhuman aggression and human induced trauma 126,000 years ago

The study of a cranium of an East Asian human from the late Middle Pleistocene age from Maba, China, brings to the fore evidence that interhuman aggression and human induced trauma occurred 126,000 years ago.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

New study links excessive amounts of vitamin D to onset of atrial fibrillation

While previous studies have linked vitamin D deficiency to an increased risk for cardiovascular disease, new research at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute shows that too much vitamin D can lead to the onset ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Post heart attack recovery may not be aided by stem cell injections, but trial demonstrates promise

University Hospitals Case Medical Center researchers could still be close to giving heart attack patients a second chance…just not as they originally thought.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Details of ancient shark attack preserved in fossil whale bone

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.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mechanical stress can help or hinder wound healing depending on time of application

A new study demonstrates that mechanical forces affect the growth and remodeling of blood vessels during tissue regeneration and wound healing. The forces diminish or enhance the vascularization process and ...

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created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cells are crawling all over our bodies, but how?

(PhysOrg.com) -- For better and for worse, human health depends on a cell's motility -- the ability to crawl from place to place. In every human body, millions of cells –are crawling around doing mostly ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

'Dark matter' of the genome revealed through analysis of 29 mammals

An international team of researchers has discovered the vast majority of the so-called "dark matter" in the human genome, by means of a sweeping comparison of 29 mammalian genomes. The team, led by scientists from the Broad ...

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created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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