Like real bone, the material developed at Oregon Health & Science University has a 3D mineral structure populated with living cells, providing a unique model to study bone function, diseases, regeneration
The bone mineral density of a human skeleton can tell forensic practitioners everything from the age of the deceased to whether an individual was malnourished
An arthroscopic near infrared spectroscopic probe for evaluation of articular cartilage and subchondral bone structure and composition has been developed