Periodontitis, a chronic inflammatory disease of the gums, affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide and is ...

Researchers reveal that salivary bacteria from gum disease alter gut metabolism, driving osteoclast activity and ...

Background Psoriatic disease has a complex effect on bone metabolism, resulting in both pathological bone formation and bone resorption. However, microstructural changes in cortical and trabecular ...

How our bodies break down and remove old and damaged bone tissue is linked to our inner circadian clock, according to a new study from the University of Surrey and the University of Sheffield.

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63(5):419-430. During resorption, growth factors and proteins released from osteoblast precursors and bone stimulate the differentiation, chemotaxis, and proliferation of ...

Urinary measurements of N-telopeptide (Ntx) and serum bone alkaline phosphatase (BAP) were obtained in 1,824 bisphosphonate-treated patients—1,462 with zoledronic acid (breast, 490; prostate, 411; ...

Researchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia and Curtin University have found that rising atmospheric carbon dioxide is leaving a measurable trace in human blood, and the shift may be ...

A newly discovered receptor switch that boosts bone growth could transform how we treat osteoporosis, by stimulating the body’s own bone-building machinery using a targeted drug and even mechanical ...