Inside the bone, osteocytes form a network similar in scale and complexity to the neurons in the brain (with over 23 trillion connections between 42 billion osteocytes) that monitors bone health ...

Researchers at Australia's Garvan Institute of Medical Research have for the first time mapped the genetic profile of the skeleton's master regulator cells, known as osteocytes. Published in the May 5 ...

image: This is a close-up of mouse osteocytes within the bone. view more Credit: Dr. L Bonewald. Researchers may be "excyted" to learn that osteocyte cultures are headed to the International Space ...

Osteocytes are the master regulators of bone health, sensing mechanical forces and directing when to build or break down bone. But when exposed to senescent cells—damaged cells that stop ...

The term “spongy bone” doesn’t mean that the bone is soft or can compress, he says. Rather, it indicates that the bone is porous and lightweight – which is critical for flying birds.

Osteocytes are the master regulators of bone health, sensing mechanical forces and directing when to build or break down bone. But when exposed to senescent cells ...