Heterotopic ossification happens when bone grows outside of its normal location and into the surrounding soft tissues of your body. When this happens, the pieces of bone that develop are called ...

This week, we are going to discuss a condition that occurs after trauma and surgery as well as after traumatic injuries to the head, neck and spine. The condition? Heterotopic ossification.

Bone regeneration research has taken a significant leap forward with the discovery of a crucial mechanism that could transform treatments for bone disorders. Scientists have identified how Discoidin ...

Transplantation of collagenous matrix from the rat diaphyseal bone to subcutaneous sites resulted in new bone formation by an endochondral sequence. Functional bone marrow develops within the newly ...

Question: Do babies have bones? Answer: Yes, they do. However most of their bones are the building blocks for future bones. Babies are born with around 300 cartilage parts that will eventually turn ...

A man who visited hospital to get his knee checked out shocked doctors, who discovered his penis had started turning to bone. The unnamed 63-year-old man fell over on the sidewalk and hurt his knee, ...

Seven houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii) and 10 rufous-crested bustard (Eupodotis ruficrista) chicks were radiographed serially to determine the pattern of long bone development and to ...