Actor David Tennant has an extra toe. Two anatomists explain what's so fascinating about polydactyly
A common anatomical variation is being born with more than ten fingers or more than ten toes.
Feb 6, 2025
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Musculoskeletal Diseases: News and Research on Craniosynostoses
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Why breakdancing can give you a cone-shaped head
For those of a certain age, Coneheads is an iconic 90s film. But for breakdancers, it seems, developing a cone-shaped head can be an occupational hazard.
Oct 17, 2024
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Skeletal stem cells in bone development, homeostasis and disease
Skeletal stem cells (SSCs) are essential for bone development, homeostasis, and repair. Recent studies have identified distinct SSC populations in long bones, craniofacial bones, and spine. Techniques like single-cell sequencing ...
Jun 5, 2024
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Drug repairs systems that remove Alzheimer's-causing waste from the brain, study shows
A team of Rutgers undergraduates has shown that an experimental drug known as Yoda1 may help drain cranial waste plus neurotoxins that cause Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
Feb 19, 2024
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New study reveals the genetics of human head shape
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and KU Leuven have discovered a suite of genes that influence head shape in humans. These findings, published this week in Nature Communications, help explain the diversity of human ...
Nov 17, 2023
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BEE-ST method developed to track bone and tooth growth dynamics over time
Researchers at Masaryk University, Czech Republic, have innovated a technique to track bone development, growth dynamics and healing in a mouse model. In their paper, "Spatiotemporal monitoring of hard tissue development ...
Social and medical factors may explain cognitive impact of delayed craniosynostosis surgery
For infants with the skull deformity craniosynostosis, head reshaping surgery after age 12 months has long been linked to impaired cognitive and language development. Now a new study suggests that the difference in developmental ...
Mar 30, 2023
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Infant head-shaping pillows are useless and dangerous to baby, FDA warns
Infant head-shaping pillows are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and should not be used, the agency warned Thursday.
Nov 4, 2022
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Investigating the diploic veins in skulls with premature suture fusion
The diploic veins run inside the bones of the skull and leave channels that can be studied in osteological collections, in other words, in historical populations and fossil individuals. A study, led by Stanislava Eisová ...
Sep 15, 2022
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