Whether you are a competitive athlete or an older adult, strong bones are essential—not only for movement, but also for overall health. Now, a new study has shed new light on how our bones are ...

At this very moment, voracious cells are eating away at your bones. Not to worry, though — that’s just a normal part of bone maintenance in healthy adults. The formation of new bone cells balances out ...

Archaeologists have unravelled the mystery of a strange skeleton from Belgium consisting of bones from five people who lived 2,500 years apart. The skeleton, unearthed in the 1970s at a Roman cemetery ...

Bones are amazing. People are often surprised to learn that bone is a living tissue. It is widely understood that our bones have the ability to repair themselves after breaks and fractures. But they ...

Bones are amazing. People are often surprised to learn that bone is a living tissue. It is widely understood that our bones have the ability to repair themselves after breaks and fractures, but they ...

Pascal Buenzli receives funding from The Australian Research Council (project grant DE130101191). Natalie Sims receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council and The Australian ...

Prolonged, excessive accumulation of fluoride can cause a debilitating bone and joint disease known as skeletal fluorosis. As an increased level of fluoride accumulates in the bones, it alters the ...