A study conducted by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions reveals the molecular events leading to osteogenesis imperfecta type V, a form of brittle bone disease ...

An ancient graveyard holding over 1,300 medieval bodies has revealed a bone mutation mystery. Scientists from Queen's University Belfast and Trinity College Dublin discovered that two men, hidden ...

ST LOUIS — One-year-old Clementine Blackham is one of just 10 people who have been diagnosed with a mutation to the TLR8 gene. In August, she got a life-saving bone marrow transplant from an anonymous ...

MCCANDLESS, Pa. — Eleven-month-old Clementine Blackham has a very rare condition, a mutation to her TLR8 gene. She’s one of only ten people to ever be diagnosed, and the first female in the world.

The comprehensive analysis of relationship between gut microbiome and treatment outcome of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT)-based treatment in patients with metastatic castration-sensitive and ...

Skeletons from wild-type and Tric-b knockout mice show impaired bone mineralization in the latter. The preparations were stained with Alcian blue (cartilage) and Alizarin red (bone). Scale bars, 5 mm.

Brittle bone disease (osteogenesis imperfecta) is an inherited genetic condition that causes bone weakness. It can increase a person’s risk of fractures and other medical complications. A person with ...