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University of Texas Health Science Center researchers joined counterparts at Southwest Research Institute in pinpointing the exact biological point of bone structure that most acutely stimulates the ...

A new tool tracks hard tissue growth like teeth and bones in many species. Your body contains the stuff of rocks: the calcium-based minerals in bones and teeth. In a process called biomineralization, ...

Full view of how bones and joints form in the first trimester uncovers cells and pathways that could help diagnose and treat skeletal conditions in the future. The first 'blueprint' of human skeletal ...

Constructed image from spatial transcriptomics slides measuring gene expression in tissues. This shows the developing upper limb, including the developing hand and digits. Each spot represents a ...