A recent discovery could transform our understanding of bone health maintenance and pave the way for potential treatments for ...

Osteocytes are plentiful in bone and each has hundreds of tiny processes reaching out in every direction that help secure them to the bone matrix. McGee-Lawrence likens their look to a sweetgum ball.

Osteocytes are plentiful in bone and each has hundreds of tiny processes reaching out in every direction that help secure them to the bone matrix. McGee-Lawrence likens their look to a sweetgum ball.

Gross morphology and ultrastructure of billfish bone. Credit: PNAS, Ayelet Atkins, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1412372111 PNAS, Ayelet Atkins, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1412372111 ...

ESR1 Genotype-based Therapy Function of Estrogen in Bone Biology. Estrogen functions through binding of two different estrogen receptors (ESRs), ESR1 and ESR2. Estrogen plays an important role in ...

The force gravity and physical activity put on our bones causes tiny tears in the membranes of the tiny cells that enable us to make or break down bone, scientists say.