Collaborate Disseminate
We know that humans have been sharing their lives with dogs for thousands of years, but there remain plenty of blanks to fill in regarding this relationship and the way it spread throughout the world. Scientists at the University of Buffalo have found … Continue reading Oldest dog remains in Americas tell a tale of ancient canine migration
It can be tricky enough getting titanium implants to bond with the surrounding bone, but when the patient has osteoporosis, things get even harder. An experimental coating may help, though, by first boosting and then blocking inflammation.Continue Read… Continue reading Sugary coating could help implants bond with weakened bone
Presently, if a patient is missing a section of bone due to accident or disease, it has to be replaced with bone harvested from elsewhere in their body. A new cell-containing gel, however, could one day be 3D printed right into the injury, where it wou… Continue reading 3D-printed bone-replacement gel contains live bone cells
As useful as X-rays are for imaging bones, there’s only so much we can see in a flat greyscale image. But this new scanner adds color and a third dimension, creating high resolution, cutaway 3D models that can diagnose bone fractures and monitor healin… Continue reading 3D color X-ray machine heads for trials
When a patient has a hole in their cranium, it typically has to be filled either with bone harvested from another part of their body, or with a solid piece of steel or plastic. There may soon be a better alternative, though, that stimulates the growth … Continue reading Implantable material grows bone to heal holes in the skull
Somebody has bought an almost complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton for over US$30 million. Lovingly nicknamed Stan, the rex was the star attraction in Christie’s Evening Sale of 20th Century Art on October 6, and that price makes it comfortably the highest amount ever paid for a dinosaur fossil.
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Tags: Dinosaurs, Bones, Christie’s, Auction, World Records, Fossils, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading Stan the T-rex sets record for highest price paid for a dinosaur fossil
For some time now, we’ve heard about scaffolding-like materials that are implanted into bone fractures, prompting the body’s own bone cells to grow into them and heal the break. Now, however, scientists have developed a special bandage that may also do the job.
Tags: King’s College London, Bones, Injuries, Stem Cells
Continue reading Bone-healing bandage gets loaded with cells
One of the largest, most complete and most famous Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons is about to go under the hammer. The dinosaur, nicknamed “Stan,” has been on display in the Black Hills Institute for decades, but will now be auctioned off by Christie’s to whoever has a spare few million dollars and a T-rex-sized space on hand.
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Tags: Dinosaurs, Fossils, Auction, Christie’s, Bones, Paleontology
Continue reading For sale: Huge T-rex skeleton, almost complete, some battle damage
The short- and long-term impacts of the space environment on the human body is still a great unknown, and one that a number of research groups are trying to get to the bottom of. The results of an interesting experiment in which muscled-up mice were sent into space has shed some new light on the matter, revealing that these brawny rodents could retain their muscle mass in low-gravity when engineered to lack a certain protein.
Tags: Muscle, Bones, Mice, International Space Station
Continue reading Engineered “Mighty Mice” sent to space retain their mass in low gravity
Like most machines, the human body tends to wear out faster at the points of articulation, where decades of stress are focused. Now, researchers at Stanford have found a way to induce cartilage tissue to regenerate in joints by tweaking the stem cells … Continue reading Joint cartilage regrown in arthritic mice by a stem cell tweak