Researchers at the National Institutes of Health worked with 15 patients from around the world to uncover a genetic basis of "dripping candle wax" bone disease. The rare disorder, known as melorheostosis, causes excess bone ...
Apr 11, 2018
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In a study of patients with Paget's disease of bone—a common skeletal disorder that can lead to bone deformity, fractures, osteoarthritis, and bone pain—long-term intensive bisphosphonate therapy conferred no clinical ...
Feb 8, 2017
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New research announced today could lead to the early diagnosis and treatment of chronic, debilitating conditions such as 'brittle bone' and osteoporosis, and help improve the lives of tens of thousands of sufferers in the ...
Dec 1, 2014
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Our bones are smart. Bones know that by adolescence it's time to stop growing longer and stronger, and from that point on bones keep their shape by healing injuries.
Nov 24, 2014
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A Danish sperm donor has passed a potentially severe genetic disorder to five children after a screening test failed to catch that he had the disease, health officials said Monday.
Sep 24, 2012
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(Medical Xpress) -- The Human Genetics team at The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute have successfully used a new gene-mapping approach for patients affected by severe skeletal abnormalities.
May 4, 2011
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