As high-schoolers swarm the med school campus today, hold human brains and satisfy their taste for science, I can't help but wish the show "You Can't Do That on Television" still existed and that the producers would set up in the parking lot and slime each participant upon completion of the day. But a welcome alternative is news that scientists have discovered gooey matter inside human bones.
In a 60-Second Health piece, writer Dina Fine Maron explains how "a combination of imaging techniques and modeling has revealed that our bones are filled with a natural chemical goo that’s key to the bones’ function as support structures," and that the information could be used to inform osteoporosis treatment and prevention. The researchers' findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Previously: Exploring the use of yoga to improve the health and strength of bones, 419 million year-old fish fossil may reveal origins of the human jaw and Teen girls become orthopaedic surgeons for a day
