These materials could significantly improve the quality of bone repair compared to autografts, as opposed to ceramics, which are necessarily macroporous, difficult to resorb, and result in the ...

The work is forthcoming in the journal eLife. "Key to bone repair is a type of cell called osteoprogenitors, which create new bone tissue. As animals age, these cells decline in both number and ...

image: Defective bone repair with pseudarthrosis in Fgfr3 N534K/+ mice is rescued by BMN111 and BGJ398. view more Credit: Bone Research A new study explores the potential of fibroblast growth ...

An awkward fall while running, skiing or playing sports can cause knee injuries that sideline players and increase t ...

Monash research could transform how broken bones are treated, with the development of a special zinc-based dissolvable material that could replace the metal plates and screws typically used to hold ...

Professor Hala Zreiqat is printing bone substitutes at the University of Sydney’s Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Research Unit. She has developed a technique for 3D printing ceramic so it ...