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Next-Level Organoids
Researchers use organoid cultures in unique ways to study health and disease.
Next-Level Organoids
Next-Level Organoids

Researchers use organoid cultures in unique ways to study health and disease.

Researchers use organoid cultures in unique ways to study health and disease.

bone growth

An artistic rendering of a dinosaur fleeing a wall of water
Cretaceous Meteor That Killed Most Life on Earth Hit in Spring
Amanda Heidt | Feb 24, 2022 | 5 min read
Researchers determined the season during which the meteor struck by studying the bones of fish excavated from a contentious field site.
Luis Alvarez Aims to Heal Wounds with Tissue-Regenerating “Paint”
Shawna Williams | Jul 13, 2020 | 3 min read
The bioactive coating tethers restorative proteins to implanted tissues and fosters new growth, animal studies suggest.
Bubbles for Broken Bones
Ruth Williams | Sep 1, 2017 | 3 min read
Ultrasound-stimulated microbubbles enable gene delivery to fix fractures.
Infographic: Ultrasound-Stimulated Microbubbles Fix Fractures
Ruth Williams | Aug 31, 2017 | 1 min read
The new technique helped pig tibias heal in just eight weeks.
Stem Cell Therapy In Utero
Kerry Grens | Oct 13, 2015 | 1 min read
An upcoming clinical trial aims to correct for a disease of fragile bones in affected babies before they are born.
Straighten Out
Kate Yandell | Jan 1, 2015 | 3 min read
Forces from bidirectional growth plates mechanically realign broken bones in infant mice.
Statins Stimulate Bone Growth?
Kate Yandell | Sep 17, 2014 | 3 min read
The cholesterol-lowering drugs could be used to treat people with two types of dwarfism, a study suggests.
A Bone-Deep Kinship
Jef Akst | Sep 1, 2013 | 3 min read
A Neanderthal rib fragment provides conclusive evidence that the ancient hominins were susceptible to a benign bone tumor of modern humans.
The Best of Experimental Biology
Edyta Zielinska | Apr 25, 2012 | 3 min read
From breast milk stem cells to bone repair, this year’s EB conference held a number of exciting advances that could one day be translated into therapies.
Suspected Effects of Vitamin D
Amy Maxmen | Mar 1, 2012 | 1 min read
Vitamin D has a variety of actions in the body. It binds to the vitamin D receptor (VDR), which then binds to the retinoid X receptor (RXR) and activates the expression of numerous genes. 
Vitamin D on Trial
Amy Maxmen | Mar 1, 2012 | 10+ min read
Prevention trials for vitamins and supplements are notoriously difficult, but some researchers aren’t giving up on finding proof that vitamin D helps ward off disease.
Skeleton Keys
Lewis Wolpert | May 14, 2011 | 3 min read
There are a surprising number of unknowns about how our limbs come to be symmetrical.
The World's Densest Bones
Kirsten Weir | Oct 1, 2006 | 3 min read
How a car accident led to an important genetic discovery
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