Smoking negatively affects bone strength, spine health, and healing, with nicotine disrupting blood flow essential for recovery.

Our bones constantly repair themselves, but nicotine and other harmful substances in tobacco slow this process. Smoking ...

When skin tissue is wounded, our blood starts clotting as part of the healing process. Scientists have now developed a blood-based implant that supercharges this mechanism for bigger repair projects: ...

The first comprehensive single-cell atlas of bone-innervating sensory neurons has identified their dual role in reporting and repairing bone damage, providing a potential target for drugs that might ...