Researchers weave stem cells into most lifelike bone yet
It is the first organoid of bone, a simplified version of the original.
Tag: collagen
Collagen networks and hyaluronic acid literally keep you in shape, new study reports
How most of us feel in regards to our shape, well, that's not biology's concern.
Bones have a fractal-like structure making them super strong and flexible
Bones are more complex than they seem!
Meet your new organ: the interstitium
Doctors believe this new organ might explain why cancer spreads so easily.
Scientists find 80-million-year dinosaur collagen
Utilizing rigorous, state-of-the-art methods researchers have confirmed the presence of collagen in the fossil of an 80-million-year-old Brachylophosaurus.
Darwin’s ‘strangest animals’ finally classified thanks to protein sequencing
While in South American during his 1830 expedition with the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin came across the fossils of two ...
Tilapia Fish May Help Cure Our Wounds in the Future
Scientists believe that collagen extracted from fish (especially tilapia) can be applied as a "wound dressing", to help clean the ...
Atomic structure of bone deciphered for the first time
Bone is a really awesome material, being hard and flexible at the same time. For something so ubiquitous and studied for so ...