This Study May Prevent Broken Bones

The best way to prevent a fracture is to stop bones from reaching the point where they are prone to breaking, but understanding the process of how bones form and mature has been challenging. Now researchers at the University of Houston department of health and human performance have created a process that grows real human bone in tissue culture, which can be used to investigate how bones form and grow. “We have manufactured a structure that has no synthetic components,” said Mark Clarke, associate professor and principal investigator…

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This Study May Prevent Broken Bones

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