Engineered stem cells cut fracture rates 94% in a small osteoporosis trial, hinting at a shift from managing bone loss to reversing it.

The results raise the tantalizing possibility that a one-time cell therapy could rebuild brittle bones in people with ...

Somewhere in the world, a woman over 50 will have fractured a bone by the time you finish reading this sentence due to ...

A scientific team has developed a laboratory model that reveals how antibody-producing plasma cells migrate, mature and ...

It's no coincidence that our bodies feel a little creakier as we age. The trillions of cells that make up our skeleton age too, and some change in ways that weaken the very structure of our bones.

Bone repair depends on skeletal progenitor cells (SPCs) moving to injured areas and developing into bone-forming cells, but ...

It's no coincidence that our bodies feel a little creakier as we age. The trillions of cells that make up our skeleton age too, and some change in ways that weaken the very structure of our bones.

Bone implants often fail to fully integrate with surrounding tissue, limiting their effectiveness in regeneration. A natural but often overlooked cellular process could hold the key to better outcomes ...

The From Labs to Lives Blog connects everyday topics with UC Davis research. Each post is reviewed by our experts, ensuring you always get useful information you can trust. Because we can’t see them, ...

The immune system is made up of specialized cells and proteins that help defend the body from pathogens and cancer. Most of ...