The interplay between bone and cardiovascular systems represents a dynamic and rapidly expanding field of biomedical research. Scientific advances have ...

The intricate relationship between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and bone mineral density (BMD) is an area of burgeoning clinical and research interest. CKD is characterised by a progressive loss of ...

Metabolic bone disease (MBD) in preterm infants is a condition marked by suboptimal bone mineralisation, arising primarily from the abrupt cessation of in utero mineral transfer during the critical ...

KidneyWeek 2019 Omega-3 and Vit D of No Benefit for Kidney Function in Diabetes Neither vitamin D3 nor omega-3 fatty acids affected eGFR at 5 years in a sub-study of the VITAL trial. Doctors need to ...

Researchers identify bone-forming cells as the driver of scoliosis caused by a genetic disorder, which can be prevented ...

Researchers at Scottish Rite for Children received a $2.3 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how the body repairs bone and restores blood flow in ...

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 ...

Studies by University of Birmingham researchers suggest that a naturally occurring peptide known as PEPITEM (Peptide Inhibitor of Trans-Endothelial Migration), could represent a promising potential ...

Maybe you heard about it after watching the Samuel L. Jackson movie "Unbreakable." Or maybe after binging Season 11 of "Grey's Anatomy." Or maybe the words "osteogenesis imperfecta," or "OI," don't ...

HOW TO TAKE THE POST-TEST: To obtain CME credit, please click here after reading the article to take the post-test on myCME.com. Organ transplantation has become a fairly common and effective modality ...

WHAT IS BRITTLE BONE DISEASE? Brittle bone disease, also called osteogenesis imperfecta, is a genetic disorder present from birth and lasts a lifetime. It causes fragile bones that break easily due to ...

X denotes truncating mutation. PEST2 domain 345–377; UBA domain 387–436. *Two different mutations reported to cause this truncation. ‡ Results from splice site mutations (intron 7). § Reported in ...