A new study developed a mineralized DNA hydrogel that combines immune regulation with sustained bone regeneration.

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Most calcium phosphates are classified as resorbable biomaterials. This means that under physiological conditions they will dissolve. The benefit of calcium phosphate biomaterials is that the ...

HYPERCALCEMIA occurs in a wide variety of diseases (for example, hyperparathyroidism, hypervitaminosis D, sarcoid, cancer, hyperthyroidism and poliomyelitis) 1 and is often responsible for many of the ...

Your body uses hydroxyapatite to build and strengthen bones and teeth. Hydroxyapatite is a type of calcium phosphate. Calcification (calcinosis) occurs when abnormal amounts of calcium phosphate are ...

Microscopic spheres of calcium phosphate have been linked to the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of blindness. AMD affects 1 in 5 people over 75, causing their ...

Human teeth and bones that are ground into calcium phosphate ash after undergoing alkaline hydrolysis, an alternative process to burial or cremation, are not added to food. The U.S. Food and Drug ...

David A. Bushinsky, MD In industrialized countries, such as the United States, approximately 7%-13% of individuals will experience at least one episode of kidney stones over the course of their ...