Researchers are testing whether a protein that powers bone growth in the body can be harnessed to jump-start healing and possibly eliminate painful and intensive surgeries such as bone grafts. The ...

Many people don’t think about bone health until later in life, when issues like osteopenia (low bone density), osteoporosis ...

Achondroplasia, also known as short-limb dwarfism, is associated with neurological symptoms and complications due to ...

University of Texas Health Science Center researchers joined counterparts at Southwest Research Institute in pinpointing the exact biological point of bone structure that most acutely stimulates the ...

Dr. David E. Attarian of Duke Total Joint Center, Dr. Andre C. Grant of Duke Orthopaedics of Raleigh, and Dr. Robert Lark, a pediatric orthopaedic specialist, answer some questions about growth plates ...

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Growth plate fractures are injuries to the soft connective tissue in the ends of long bones of children and teens. This soft tissue makes it possible for bones to grow as children age. It’s also ...

Researchers from The University of Osaka have developed a mouse model for achondroplasia. The model identified the importance ...