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• Letter | 16 January 2019

  HIF-1α metabolically controls collagen synthesis and modification in chondrocytes

  Increased glutamine metabolism caused by unregulated HIF-1α signalling in mouse chondrocytes results in increased post-translational modification of collagen and skeletal dysplasia, demonstrating that strict regulation of HIF-1α signalling in chondrocytes is essential for normal bone growth.

  • Steve Stegen
  • , Kjell Laperre
  •  & Geert Carmeliet

• Article | 24 May 2017

  Blocking FSH induces thermogenic adipose tissue and reduces body fat

  An antibody against the pituitary hormone Fsh reduces adiposity and increases thermogenesis in ovariectomized mice or mice fed a high-fat diet.

  • Peng Liu
  • , Yaoting Ji
  •  & Mone Zaidi

• Letter | 25 June 2014

  RETRACTED ARTICLE: miR-34a blocks osteoporosis and bone metastasis by inhibiting osteoclastogenesis and Tgif2

  A microRNA, miR-34a, is a novel and critical suppressor of osteoclastogenesis, bone resorption and the bone metastatic niche.

  • Jing Y. Krzeszinski
  • , Wei Wei
  •  & Yihong Wan

• News | 22 December 2011

  How the elephant got its sixth toe

  Bone used as a thumb by pandas supports elephants’ feet.

  • Ed Yong

• Letter | 17 August 2011

  Fossil jawless fish from China foreshadows early jawed vertebrate anatomy

  • Zhikun Gai
  • , Philip C. J. Donoghue
  •  & Marco Stampanoni

• Research Highlights | 13 July 2011

  How the mole got its 'thumb'

• News & Views | 06 April 2011

  Bone returns the favour

  There are well-established links between the reproductive system, metabolism and skeletal growth. But it comes as a surprise that the skeleton — more specifically, the bone hormone osteocalcin — modulates fertility.

  • Sonya M. Schuh-Huerta
  •  & Renee A. Reijo Pera

• News | 24 May 2010

  Teeth tell temperature tales

  Dinosaurs' dental samples could reveal details of body temperature.

  • Richard Lovett

• News | 28 April 2010

  Protein jab mends broken bones

  Injecting mice with Wnt proteins speeds up healing.

  • Janelle Weaver

• Letter | 24 January 2010

  A bony connection signals laryngeal echolocation in bats

  Echolocation is usually associated with bats. Many echolocating bats produce signals in the larynx, but a few species produce tongue clicks. Here, studies show that in all bats that use larynx-generated clicks, the stylohyal bone is connected to the tympanic bone. Study of the stylohyal and tympanic bones of a primitive fossil bat indicates that this species may have been able to echolocate, despite previous evidence to the contrary, raising the question of when and how echolocation evolved in bats.

  • Nina Veselka
  • , David D. McErlain
  •  & M. Brock Fenton