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Article: New bone research study findings have been published by scientists at University of Michigan.(Report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- September 23, 2009
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"The mechanical properties of bone are dictated by the size, shape and organization of the mineral and matrix phases at multiple levels of hierarchy. While much is known about structure-function relations at the macroscopic level, less is known at the nanoscale, especially for trabecular bone," researchers in the United States report (see also Bone Research).
"In this study, high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) was carried out to analyze shape and orientation of apatite crystals in murine femoral trabecular bone. The distribution and orientation of mineral apatites in trabecular bone were different from lamellar bone and the c-axis of the ...