A new study describes a type of cartilage that may have been discovered, forgotten and found again at several points in history.

Medical textbooks describe three types of cartilage: hyaline, elastic and fibrocartilage. Hyaline cartilage helps bones slide smoothly over each other at the joints; elastic cartilage is very ...

Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through a series of ...

Lipocartilage features fat-filled cells, offering elasticity Found in ears, noses, and throats of mammals, including humans Rediscovery may change anatomy and histology textbooks ...

Researchers have discovered a new type of tissue, a soft and flexible ‘fatty cartilage’ that could ... and stability provide a compliant, elastic quality that’s perfect for flexible body ...

Published in Nature by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the study connects the elastic cartilage in mammalian ears to the same rare tissue found in fish gills. To explore this link, ...

The top-down calcification process started with spherical mineral particle formation in the joint surface during early-stage OA (OA-E), followed by fibre formation and densely packed material ...

Most cartilage relies on an external extracellular ... Lipocartilage's resilience and stability provide a compliant, elastic quality that's perfect for flexible body parts such as earlobes or ...

This hyaline-like cartilage more closely recreates the wear characteristics and durability of normal hyaline cartilage than the fibrous or fibrocartilage repair tissue formed by pluripotential ...