News tagged with bone matrix

New technique yields troves of information from nanoscale bone samples

A new technique developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute allows researchers to collect large amounts of biochemical information from nanoscale bone samples.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Citrate key in bone's nanostructure

Bone is one of nature's surprising "building materials." Pound-for-pound it's stronger than steel, tough yet resilient. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have identified the composition ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Osteoblasts are bone idle without Frizzled-9

New research shows that the Wnt receptor Frizzled-9 (Fzd9) promotes bone formation, providing a potential new target for the treatment of osteoporosis. The study appears online on March 14 in The Journal of ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bone Implant Offers Hope for Skull Deformities

(PhysOrg.com) -- A synthetic bone matrix offers hope for babies born with craniosynostosis, a condition that causes the plates in the skull to fuse too soon. Implants replacing some of the infant’s bone with the biodegradable ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New function for the protein Bcl-xL: It prevents bone breakdown

In blood cells, the protein Bcl-xL has a well-characterized role in preventing cell death by a process known as apoptosis. However, its function(s) in osteoclasts, cells that slowly breakdown bone (a process known as resorption), ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0