This core facility provides high quality histological services and is available to assist investigators in the bone disease program within Texas Medical Center, as well as, researchers working with ...

Researchers have successfully grown cartilage-bone grafts in the lab that can be used to repair damaged joints such as the jaw. Although reconstructive surgery is available to treat many joint ...

Orthopaedic researchers with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, have found a very promising, novel way to regenerate bone. "Cartilage graft induces ...

the progenitor cells evolve into bone-forming cells when the fracture is small, and into cartilage cells when the fracture is bigger. This cartilage is later replaced by bone. Until now ...

Aside from athletic injuries, knee damage tends to be relegated to the realm of the gray-haired. But new research suggests ...

First, let’s talk about the difference between bone and cartilage. They both are materials that can make up a skeleton, but they are quite different. Bone doesn’t bend. It is very strong, but it’s ...

Bone and cartilage are two types of connective tissue in the body, but they differ in several ways. These connective tissues support and connect with other body tissues. The extracellular matrix ...

or articular cartilage. It’s flexible but smooth, and it helps joints hold their shape so bones can move past each other. If you fall or sustain a blow to the chest, you can fracture or ...

Bone doesn’t bend. It is very strong, but it’s also brittle and can break with too much pressure. Cartilage is strong, but it is squishier and can bend. Human skeletons are made of bone ...