Notch signalling is a highly conserved cell-to-cell communication pathway that orchestrates cell fate determination, proliferation and differentiation within the skeletal system. Activation occurs ...

Scientists have identified a protein that blocks the activity of bone-forming cells (osteoblasts) by stopping them from maturing during the journey to sites of bone formation, a new study has found.

Intermuscular bones (IBs) in teleost fish are slender bony rods embedded within the myosepta and formed via intramembranous ossification from tendon progenitors. Ubiquitous in basal teleosts and ...

Growth plates are areas of cartilage found at the ends of long bones. They play a role in the bone growth of children and teens. An injury to a growth plate can affect the development of a bone. While ...