In one of the first studies of its kind, a team of researchers from Keck School of Medicine of USC has found that proteins ...

Bone tissue is composed of cells, namely osteoblasts, osteoclasts and osteocytes, and an extracellular matrix comprising inorganic hydroxyapatite crystals and organic collagen. The first expert ...

Bone mineral density is a measure of bone strength quantified by the amount of minerals in bone tissue. It peaks during young adulthood and slowly declines over the rest of the life cycle.