Newly published research from UNC Greensboro biology professor Dr. Bryan McLean and colleagues shows that the masked shrew, a small, mole-like mammal found in the Appalachian Mountains, shrinks its ...

the patented FlexStep Technology combines flexibility with support to accommodate tortuosity and skeletal movement, while the balloon-expandable deployment system easily opens vessels and sustains ...

“A specific focus of our study is the femur because of its major weight ... we would expect systemic changes to the skeletal system,” the researchers stated. More precisely, it appears that ...

"A specific focus of our study is the femur because of its major weight ... we would expect systemic changes to the skeletal system," explain the researchers. If the loss was caused by ionizing ...

The skeletal system comprises 206 bones and has two main parts ... The most commonly fractured bones include the distal radius on the thumb side of your wrist, the ankle, the femur (thigh bone), the ...

The integrity of the collagen found in the skeletal system decreases with age as well ... significant increases in BMD in their spine and femur (a bone in the lower leg) compared with participants ...

"If space radiation in low Earth orbit or other systemic factors were the primary effectors of bone loss during spaceflight, we would expect systemic changes to the skeletal system," explain the ...

femoral neck), to detect a within-individual change of 2% per year (ie, a rate that has been documented in other populations) and a 20% loss-to-follow-up. In the other DXA skeletal sites and HR-pQCT ...

An interdisciplinary research team led by Professor Dr. Bent Brachvogel has examined how mitochondria influence the premature ...

New mechanisms discovered that show how development-dependent disruptions in mitochondrial function lead to premature skeletal aging. An interdisciplinary research team led by Professor Dr Bent ...

They also noted that denser bone that formed the hip joint, above the femur, experienced very little ... with bone loss specific to weight-bearing skeletal sites, PLOS ONE (2025).