Each year, doctors treat more than 6 million bone fractures in the United States. And while it takes only a few seconds for a bone to break, the processes that keep your bones strong and allow them to ...

Open lines of communication between the body's organs are important to health and often falter with age. A new study in mice ...

In vertebrates, the skeleton of different regions of the body arises from different precursor cells. Researchers at the University of Basel have now discovered that these skeletal cells do not just ...

Skeletal muscle is the largest non-adipose tissue body component and serves both voluntary and involuntary life-sustaining functions. Skeletal muscle composition can be considered in terms of atomic, ...

The skeleton is constantly "listening" to the demands placed on it and adjusting accordingly. Everyday activities such as walking, running or lifting weights place stress on the skeleton. In response, ...