Cells have an internal skeleton that maintains their structure and also drives their movement. Known as the cytoskeleton, ...

It's no coincidence that our bodies feel a little creakier as we age. The trillions of cells that make up our skeleton age too, and some change in ways that weaken the very structure of our bones.

In trials TUM used mesenchymal stem cells, 10 to 20 microns in size and known to be able to differentiate into bone, cartilage and muscle cells. TUM found that its photothermal method could reliably ...

The major resemblance between teeth and bones is what they're made of: hard tissue composed of minerals, such as calcium, phosphorus, fluoride and magnesium. On a molecular level, these minerals form ...

Penn Medicine researchers unveiled in a recently published paper that a type of stem cell originating in skeletal muscle cells can turn into bone. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Researchers coaxed stem cells from fat tissue to develop into structures called spheroids, 3D cell clusters that mimic ...

In mammals, only 3% of the genome consists of coding genes which, when transcribed into proteins, ensure the biological functions of the organism and the in-utero development of future individuals.

Cells hidden in the skull may point to a way to detect, diagnose and treat inflamed brains. A detailed look at the skull reveals that bone marrow cells there change and are recruited to the brain ...

Chia Soo, M.D., will never forget the day the mice came back to Earth. After four and a half weeks on the International Space Station (ISS), half of her research team’s 40 mice—part of a study on a ...