News tagged with bone growth

Technique triggers rapid regrowth in damaged bone (Update)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine being able to re-grow a broken bone three times more quickly than normal. (Harry Potter fans? Think Skele-gro.) That’s just what researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 29, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Engineers develop novel method for accelerated bone growth

Engineers at the University of California at San Diego have come up with a way to help accelerate bone growth through the use of nanotubes and stem cells. This new finding could lead to quicker and better recovery, for example, ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 30, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

New Material Mimics Bone To Create Better Biomedical Implants

(PhysOrg.com) -- A "metal foam" that has a similar elasticity to bone could mean a new generation of biomedical implants that would avoid bone rejection that often results from more rigid implant materials, ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Inside the First Bird, Surprising Signs of a Dinosaur

(PhysOrg.com) -- The raptor-like Archaeopteryx has long been viewed as the archetypal first bird, but new research reveals that it was actually a lot less “bird-like” than scientists had believed.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Kryptonite superglue improving the quality of life in heart patients recovering from surgery

New research shows that a surgical procedure using a cutting-edge super glue pioneered a year ago by Calgary researchers can improve the recovery of heart patients recovering from open-chest surgery, Dr. Paul Fedak today ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

First high-resolution images of bone, tooth and shell formation

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) have for the first time made high-resolution images of the earliest stages of bone formation. They used the world's most advanced electron ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientific understanding of T. rex revised by a decade of new research and discovery

A new paper in Science highlights recent tyrannosaur discoveries and complex analyses of the biology of certain species. The paper includes a new family tree for T. rex and its relatives.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Study shows that delivering stem cells improves repair of major bone injuries in rats

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study published this week reinforces the potential value of stem cells in repairing major injuries involving the loss of bone structure.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Smart Coating Opens Door To Safer Hip, Knee and Dental Implants

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a "smart coating" that helps surgical implants bond more closely with bone and ward off infection.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First case of animals making their own carotene

The insects known as aphids can make their own essential nutrients called carotenoids, according to University of Arizona researchers.

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Dutch researchers develop smart biomaterial that triggers bone growth

Researchers from University of Twente's MIRA research institute and its spin-off business Progentix Orthobiology BV have developed a biomaterial that promotes the formation of bone tissue. It can be used to ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 30, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Speed heals

USC College's Samantha Butler and collaborators show that the rate and direction of axon growth in the spinal cord can be controlled, a discovery that one day may help improve treatment for spinal injuries ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genome breakthrough allows scientists to identify and profile tumor cells from very small samples

Researchers from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in the USA have developed a powerful new technique for analyzing the genome of single tumor cells. The breakthrough allows them to study in fine detail the biology of how tumors ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cell injections accelerate fracture healing

Long bone fractures heal faster after injections of bone-building cells. Research published in the open access journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders has shown that osteoblast cells cultured from a patient's own bone marrow ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Misplaced metamorphosis: Researchers identify source of cells that spur aberrant bone growth

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the University of Connecticut have pinpointed the source of immature cells that spur misplaced bone growth. Unexpectedly, the major repository ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ossification

Ossification is a medical term that is synonymous with bone tissue formation. Endochondral ossification and intramembranous ossification are two processes resulting in the formation of normal, healthy bone tissue. Heterotopic ossification is a process resulting in the formation of bone tissue, that is often atypical, at an extraskeletal location. Calcification is a medical term that is often confused with ossification. Calcification is synonymous with the formation of calcium-based salts and crystals within cells and tissue. Calcification is a process that occurs during ossification, but not vice versa.

For more information about Ossification, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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