Some people might think that human bones have become stronger through evolution. Walking on two legs, supporting a large ...

Imagine an organ losing a piece of itself and then rebuilding enough tissue to return to its normal size. The liver can do it. Now imagine the opposite: a heart attack destroys heart muscle, but the ...

Human and chimpanzee genomes are more than 98% identical, and the genes themselves barely differ. The changes that make us ...

Scientists have rediscovered and characterized a remarkable type of body tissue that works much like biological bubble wrap, potentially revolutionizing how we approach facial reconstruction and ...

A research lab at the University of Caen Normandy (France) has succeeded in making cartilage using decellularized apples. The Bioconnect laboratory at the university, which I head, has just published ...

Costal cartilage The costal cartilage are segments of cartilage that connect the sternum to the ribs and help to extend the ribs into a forward motion. This cartilage also contributes to elasticity ...

Bone and skeletal injuries are a major cause of long-term disability around the world. In light of this medical need, Swedish scientists have engineered a cell-free cartilage scaffold that can guide ...

Northwestern University scientists have developed a new bioactive material that successfully regenerated high-quality cartilage in the knee joints of a large-animal model. Although it looks like a ...

Researchers hope their discovery about the healing properties of fetal cartilage cells in mice will lay the groundwork for new treatments for human growth disorders and degenerative diseases. First ...

Humans have a salamander-like ability to regrow cartilage in joints, new research suggests. Cartilage in human joints can repair itself through a process similar to that used by animals such as ...

From self repair to survival mode, here are five amazing things about the human body. The human body is an astounding and sophisticated machine. Did you know that our bodies contain 100,000 miles of ...