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 ...

Healing a broken bone can take months, and knowing whether recovery is on track often takes just as long. Doctors typically rely on periodic X-rays, capturing two-dimensional images to see how the ...

Researchers in Osaka have found that stem cells from fat tissue can repair spinal fractures similar to those caused by osteoporosis. By turning these cells into bone-forming clusters and pairing them ...

Every year, nearly 10 million Americans experience a broken bone. A quarter of patients with lower leg fractures face delayed healing, and one in 10 patients will develop a nonunion, a break that ...

Chinese scientists have unveiled a groundbreaking medical adhesive named Bone-02, capable of repairing bone fractures in as little as three minutes, a feat that could transform orthopedic surgery. The ...

Our fat tissue could be used to make our bones regrow, with scientists successfully using adipose cells to repair spinal compression fractures. It could change how breaks are treated and improve bone ...

What if the next time you broke a bone, you didn’t need screws, plates, or invasive surgery to heal? Imagine a medical adhesive so powerful it could bond fractured bones in minutes, yet gentle enough ...

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