Networking is key for cells during bone formation.

Networking is key for cells during bone formation.A new study into the way bone cells organize during bone formation could open the door to a better understanding of diseases such as osteoporosis. The research, led by the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany, used an interdisciplinary approach combining biology, medicine and physics to analyse the osteocyte lacuno-canalicular network (OLCN) in different bone types from mice and sheep. Reporting their results today in the New Journal of Physics, the team show there is a universal mechanism behind the way individual cells organised themselves into a large, interconnected network during bone formation and mineralization. more

Vitamin K2 may be beneficial for athletic training: Study

Vitamin K2 may be beneficial for athletic training: Study: Supplements of vitamin K2 may boost the output of the heart by 12% in aerobically trained males and female athletes, says a new study.

For video gamers, cognitive supplements have an edge over energy drinks

For video gamers, cognitive supplements have an edge over energy drinks: Energy and sports drink companies have heavily invested in marketing towards the video gaming community, a space which the cognitive supplement space may benefit from, according to category experts.

Cause or consequence? Investigating the link between gut bacteria and heart health

Cause or consequence? Investigating the link between gut bacteria and heart health: People with heart failure have been found to have less gut bacteria diversity and lack certain important species groups. So are changes in our microbiome causing heart disease, or visa-versa?

Secret meat site busted by Spanish police

Secret meat site busted by Spanish police: Two people have been arrested after Spanish police swooped on a disgusting covert warehouse storing meat kept in close proximity to mice and dead birds, according to Spanish law enforcement agency the Guardia Civil.

Horsemeat trading ring dismantled by police

Horsemeat trading ring dismantled by police: An investigation by the Spanish Guardia Civil, in co-ordination with Europol, has led to the dismantling of a horsemeat trading ring.

US BSE fears played down by industry

US BSE fears played down by industry: The US beef industry has moved quickly to allay fears over an incident of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Alabama.