Our genes determine the size and shape of our skeleton, but our diet and lifestyle can help maintain healthy bones ...

Bone can heal itself, but not always in the ways we expect. Some animals regrow entire limbs. Others, like humans, can only ...

Lower back pain is something most people will deal with at some point—around 8 out of 10 people, in fact. It can be mild or ...

A new research paper was published in Aging (Aging-US) on March 18, 2025, in Volume 17, Issue 3, titled “Mitochondrial ...

as a critical regulator of bone cell differentiation. The research reveals that NKD2 enhances osteoblast differentiation, inhibits adipocyte formation, and suppresses osteoclast activity.

Studies report an increase in osteoporosis of 8% to 11% in transgender women compared to their cisgender male counterparts before initiating hormone replacement therapy (HRT). 1 Over the past 25 years ...

“Bone strength is based on the balance of two different kinds of cells: Osteoblasts build bones, and osteoclasts break down bones,” Chowdhury explains. Osteoblasts help form the "scaffolding ...

Researchers in this study explored how this training affects osteoclastogenesis — a process in which osteoclasts, or specialized cells, break down bone. “We found that this treatment primed osteoclast ...

Prolonged time in microgravity has a whole array of physiological effects, from losing blood cells to ... relationship between bone-forming osteoblasts and bone-degrading osteoclasts.

The researchers found that healthy osteoclasts are derived from stem cells in the bone marrow, while arthritis osteoclasts originate from precursors in the blood. These cells develop into ...

Using mice, Ishii captured footage of osteoclasts breaking down bone tissue for the first time in the world. 06:00 The blue areas are bone, and the red parts resembling amoebas on the bone's ...