Bone remodeling replaces old and damaged bone with new bone through a sequence of
cellular events occurring on the same surface without any change in bone shape. It was …

The bone remodelling cycle replaces old and damaged bone and is a highly regulated,
lifelong process essential for preserving bone integrity and maintaining mineral …

Humans are spending an increasing amount of time in space, where exposure to conditions
of microgravity causes 1–2% bone loss per month in astronauts. Through data collected …

This review provides a detailed description of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), focusing
on those that are known to have critical roles in bone and periodontal disease. Periodontal …

Bone is a tissue undergoing continuous building and degradation. This remodelling is a
tightly regulated process that can be disturbed by many factors, particularly hormonal …

This review describes normal bone anatomy and physiology as an introduction to the
subsequent articles in this section that discuss clinical applications of iliac crest bone biopsy …

Proper bone remodeling necessarily requires that osteoblasts reconstruct the bone that
osteoclasts have resorbed. However, the cellular events connecting resorption to …

The adult skeleton regenerates by temporary cellular structures that comprise teams of
juxtaposed osteoclasts and osteoblasts and replace periodically old bone with new. A …

Which elements are essential for human life? Here we make an element-by-element journey
through the periodic table and attempt to assess whether elements are essential or not, and …

Strontium ranelate is a newly developed drug that has been shown to significantly reduce
the risk of vertebral and non-vertebral fractures, including those of the hip, in …