A recent review article in Bone Research examines the role of skeletal interoception in bone health and evaluates biomaterials designed to interact with this system to improve bone regeneration. The ...

First discovered in the 1950s, NGF is now known to direct the growth, maintenance, proliferation and preservation of neurons ...

Skeletal stem cells form part of the bone marrow stroma, where they contribute to bone growth, bone modeling, and bone remodeling during life. In addition to this, they help produce adipocytes the ...

In vertebrates, the skeleton of different regions of the body arises from different precursor cells. Researchers have now discovered that these skeletal cells do not just differ in their developmental ...

The first 'blueprint' of human skeletal development reveals how the skeleton forms, shedding light on the process of arthritis, and highlighting cells involved in conditions that affect skull and bone ...

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The human skeletal system consists of all of the bones, cartilage, tendons, and ligaments in the body. Altogether, the skeleton makes up about 20 percent of a person’s body weight. An adult’s skeleton ...