Our body's "blood factory" consists of specialized tissue made up of bone cells, blood vessels, nerves and other cell types.

Researchers recently developed a bone marrow model to study how the body generates cells. Interestingly, this model is the ...

Model recapitulates key physiological features of native endosteal niches, and could aid in the study of blood formation in both healthy and diseased conditions.

Understanding how bone marrow produces blood–and how this whole process can fail–is critical to fighting blood cancers and ...

Scientists from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and elsewhere have been able to pinpoint cells in mouse bone marrow that give rise to specific types of ...

A team at Osaka Metropolitan University found that stem cells from fat tissue can repair breaks similar to those common in ...

A study conducted by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions reveals the molecular events leading to osteogenesis imperfecta type V, a form of brittle bone disease ...

Japanese scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in stem cell research that could revolutionize the treatment of ...

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An Osaka Metropolitan University team has used stem cells extracted from adipose, the body's fatty tissue, to treat spine fractures in rats similar to those caused by osteoporosis in humans.

Bone sarcomas are rare diseases in which cancerous cells form in the bone. These types of cancers are seen most often in children and young adults. Here are some of the bone sarcomas we diagnose and ...