Researchers have successfully grown cartilage-bone grafts in the lab that can be used to repair damaged joints such as the jaw. Although reconstructive surgery is available to treat many joint ...

Studying the effects of drugs and disease in humans can be tricky business, but scientists are making great inroads in developing lab-grown versions of organs and body parts that offer powerful ...

Repairing damaged or defective bone structures can be quite difficult, painful, and expensive for patients requiring the care. While advances have been made in replacing sections of bone and ...

A 40-year-old man who suffered significant bone loss in his arm was injected with semi--liquid live human tissue. The bone tissue was grown from his own fat cells and was later transplanted into the ...

Researchers from UC Davis and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory developed and studied a new material — engineered bone marrow, or eBM. Engineered bone marrow offers a better way to study ...

BREA, Calif. and TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Beckman Coulter, a clinical diagnostics leader, and Scopio Labs, a medtech company that develops digital cell morphology workflow ...

In the ongoing battle between cancer and modern medicine, some therapeutic agents, while effective, can bring undesirable or even dangerous side effects. “Chemo saves lives and improves survival, but ...

FALL RIVER — On the sixth floor of a granite textile mill dating to the mid-19th century, the rooms are filled with medical technology on the cutting edge. The phrase is partly literal — Bioskills of ...

At San Francisco's California Academy of Sciences, there's no shortage of natural wonders. You can visit a dome-encapsulated rainforest, observe the dizzying jellyfish in their tanks, or ponder a wave ...

Edy Seaver, a 61-year-old artist from Venice who swims and kayaks for fitness, had osteoporosis. Yes, had — as in past tense. After four months of once-a-week 10-minute workouts at OsteoStrong, a ...