Collagen, the most abundant protein in mammals, owes its remarkable strength and resilience to a unique triple helical structure. This conformation is formed by three intertwined polypeptide chains ...

Collagen, the body's most abundant protein, has long been viewed as a predictable structural component of tissues. However, a new study led by Rice University's Jeffrey Hartgerink and Tracy Yu, in ...

For over a century, the science around bones has been rooted only in whatever an X-ray image was able to reveal. Bone research solely focused on mineral content through radiation images, limiting the ...

*One collagen backbone has a synthetic analog in Tripeptide-29. As a long-chain polymer, collagen typically consists of sequences of three amino acids linked in short monomeric repeats. The secondary ...

Researchers from the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Chemnitz University of Technology have discovered fat molecules in ...

The synovial joint of the knee is essential for shock absorption and joint lubrication during locomotion. For high frequency activities, such as running and jumping, the shock absorption function is ...