It might be hard to believe when you're being jabbed from the inside by a pointy elbow or when a little bottom is pushing on your bladder that your baby's bones are still soft, flexible, and a long ...

Growth plates are areas of cartilage found at the ends of long bones. They play a role in the bone growth of children and teens. An injury to a growth plate can affect the development of a bone. While ...

Scientists have identified a protein that blocks the activity of bone-forming cells (osteoblasts) by stopping them from maturing during the journey to sites of bone formation, a new study has found.