Importantly, the process developed for this study allowed the team to analyze blood cell development in multiple parts of the skeleton. Next steps Looking ahead, Lucas says much more research will be ...

In mice, blood cell production occurs via strings and clusters of cells within the bone marrow that are responsible for producing specific blood cell types, according to a far-reaching study led by ...

Dr. Henry Wheeler, a prominent pioneer physician in Grand Forks and the city's onetime mayor, always claimed he owned the skeleton of an outlaw that he killed named McClelland "Clell" Miller. He kept ...

But a new study of the most complete skeleton of the species known to exist has answered many questions about the enigmatic critter—first described in 1883 by famed paleontologist Edward Drinker ...

The study in brief: Clinical/epidemiological research // Peer-reviewed publication // Researcher-initiated study // Causal correlation // Statistical correlation // Prospective observational study // ...

An international team of scientists has discovered that bone plays an important role in controlling sugar metabolism, energy balance and weight, suggesting the skeleton is actually a member of the ...

New research was made about tobacco's effect on human skeletons, indicating that it leaves permanent marks on bones, even centuries after death. Scientists at Leicester University explored the ...

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to let scientists study one of the oldest skeletons ever found in North America. The ruling, which overturned a decision by government officials to give ...

Archaeologists in Hungary recently discovered the grave of a medieval woman buried with weapons, according to a new study. Drawing by Luca Kis, PLOS One In the 1980s, archaeologists unearthed a ...