In this short classroom lesson, I use a model skeleton to show students some of the major bones in the human body. We look closely at the skull and teeth, ribs and sternum, the vertebrae that form the ...

When his wife died, the paleontologist Barry James poured his grief into the reconstruction of a triceratops skeleton that they had started together. Barry James works like a dentist removing plaque ...

Osteoporosis-induced changes in bone structure and composition significantly reduce bone strength, particularly in the human proximal femur. This study examines how these changes affect the mechanical ...

The treatment of osteosarcoma (OS) and improvement of disease outcome has seen limited clinical progress due to a lack of understanding regarding primary and metastatic OS pathophysiology. Such ...

fDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Cancer Research and Translational Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland gMusculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational ...

Cancer induced bone pain (CIBP) occurs in patients with advanced osteosarcoma or metastasized bone tumors that can negatively affects the patient's quality of life. However, motor impairment in CIBP ...

We show that interfering with insect chitin deacetylation by down-regulation of specific chitin deacetylase (CDA) isoforms, belonging to subfamily group I, causes breakage of the chitinous internal ...

bSchool of Medical Sciences and School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia Osteoporotic or fragility fractures affect one in two women ...

Objective Fractured neck of femur is a severely painful condition with significant mortality and morbidity. We investigated whether early and continuous use of femoral nerve block can improve pain on ...

MicroRNA Expression-Based Model Indicates Event-Free Survival in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia The Update Committee reviewed three phase III noninferiority trials of dosing intervals, one ...