Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered a new type of bone cell that may yield novel therapeutic targets and strategies for osteoporosis and other skeletal diseases.

Brittle bone disease, or osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), is a rare genetic disorder affecting the bones. It is characterised by bones that are fragile and prone to fractures, even with minimal impact or ...

Earlier, Ralf Adams and colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine had discovered so-called Type H and Type L capillaries in long bones. Type H capillaries are exclusively found ...

It is believed that exercise helps to keep our bones strong by putting them under stress and subjecting them to jolts and ...