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 form the scaffolding that hold the body together and allow it to move. They also help protect vital organs, store minerals, and provide an environment for creating bone marrow. By adulthood, ...
The bequest was Carol Orzel’s dying wish, so that others could learn more about her rare disease, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. Carol Orzel had FOP, a rare disorder in which connective tissue ...
Archaeologists analyzing bones found in the 1970s discover a skeleton made from multiple people over thousands of years in Belgium. Trnava University via Unsplash Decades ago, archaeologists in a ...