When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it's easy to envision them as armored warriors—their hard, resilient shells serving ...

But genes do not function alone. They are controlled by ... Pre-hypertrophic chondrogenic enhancer landscape of limb and axial skeleton development, Nature Communications (2024).

A team of archaeologists and paleontologists from Argentina, the U.S. and China has unearthed the first known example of a ...

It's no coincidence that our bodies feel a little creakier as we age. The trillions of cells that make up our skeleton age ...

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.

Cartilage and bone development: Three paths to skeleton formation Date: March 27, 2025 Source: University of Basel Summary: In vertebrates, the skeleton of different regions of the body arises ...